What Does "以前听说是纸上谈兵" (yǐ qián tīng shuō shì zhǐ shàng tán bīng) Mean?

yǐ以qián前tīng听shuō说shì是zhǐ纸shàng上tán谈bīng兵

I'd only heard of 'armchair generals,'

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以前H3 听说H3 是H1 纸上谈兵H7

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TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E1

Clip Timestamp

40:18

TMDB ID

279593

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	小李同志	xiǎo lǐ tóng zhì	Li,
2▶	以前听说是纸上谈兵	yǐ qián tīng shuō shì zhǐ shàng tán bīng	I'd only heard of 'armchair generals,'
3	从来没想到今天居然亲眼见到了	cóng lái méi xiǎng dào jīn tiān jū rán qīn yǎn jiàn dào le	but never thought I'd see one in the flesh.

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先听她把话说完不是这不是一般的理想主义

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先听她把话说完不是这不是一般的理想主义

xiān tīng tā bǎ huà shuō wán bú shì zhè bú shì yì bān de lǐ xiǎng zhǔ yìLet her finish first. Well, this isn't just idealism.

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聚沙成塔积木成林

jù shā chéng tǎ jī mù chéng línAs the saying goes, great oaks from little acorns grow.

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这异想天开呢这是

zhè yì xiǎng tiān kāi ne zhè shìWell. This is pure fantasy.

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人凭什么来咱们这儿啊

rén píng shén me lái zán men zhè ér aWhy would they have to come here?

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现在搞这些有什么用啊

xiàn zài gǎo zhè xiē yǒu shén me yòng aWhat's the use of doing this now?

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从来没想到今天居然亲眼见到了

cóng lái méi xiǎng dào jīn tiān jū rán qīn yǎn jiàn dào lebut never thought I'd see one in the flesh.

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你不过你这纸啊还真不错

nǐ bù guò nǐ zhè zhǐ a hái zhēn bù cuòBut for an armchair general, you're quite good.

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李秘书看来这基层没有白下啊

lǐ mì shū kàn lái zhè jī céng méi yǒu bái xià aMiss Li, your time in the grassroots wasn't wasted.

不是你开什么玩笑啊你这不天方夜谭吗

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不是你开什么玩笑啊你这不天方夜谭吗

bú shì nǐ kāi shén me wán xiào a nǐ zhè bù tiān fāng yè tán maWait, are you joking? This isn't some fairy tale.