{"id":5950,"date":"2019-11-11T18:58:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T18:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-culture\/chinese-idiom-3-zhi-shang-tan-bing-armchair-strategy\/"},"modified":"2019-11-11T18:58:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T18:58:10","slug":"chinese-idiom-3-zhi-shang-tan-bing-armchair-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/chinese-idiom-3-zhi-shang-tan-bing-armchair-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Idiom (3): \u7eb8\u4e0a\u8c08\u5175Armchair Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Key Learning Point: <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u7eb8\u4e0a\u8c08\u5175 (zh\u01d0shàngtánb\u012bng): armchair strategy<\/p>\n

The idiom "\u7eb8\u4e0a\u8c08\u5175 (zh\u01d0shàngtánb\u012bng) armchair strategy" refers to people who engage in idle talk, but are unable to act on their high minded theories. It is usually used to urge people to combine theories with practical knowledge and not be bookworms. Let’s read ab0ut the origin of the idiom below.<\/p>\n

Idiom Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zhàoguó ji\u0101ngj\u016bn Zhào Kuò cóng xi\u01ceo jiù xuéxí b\u012bngf\u01ce, tánlùn b\u012bngshì.
\u8d75\u56fd          \u5c06\u519b       \u8d75     \u62ec    \u4ece     \u5c0f  \u5c31  \u5b66\u4e60  \u5175\u6cd5\uff0c \u8c08\u8bba    \u5175\u4e8b\u3002<\/p>\n

The general Zhao Kuo of Zhao Dynasty studied military strategy and tactics from childhood.<\/p>\n

Dàn t\u0101 zh\u01d0 huì zh\u01d0 shàng lùn b\u012bngshù, cóng méi shàng guò zhànch\u01ceng,
\u4f46    \u4ed6 \u53ea  \u4f1a  \u7eb8   \u4e0a     \u8bba     \u5175\u672f\uff0c   \u4ece      \u6ca1     \u4e0a      \u8fc7      \u6218\u573a\uff0c     
bìng bú shànyú yòng b\u012bng.
\u5e76    \u4e0d    \u5584\u4e8e     \u7528     \u5175\u3002<\/p>\n

But he could only talk ab0ut military strategies on paper; he never went to the battlefield. So he was not good at the art of war.<\/p>\n

D\u0101ng Zhào Kuò zuòle ji\u0101ngj\u016bn y\u01d0hòu, quánbù biàng\u0113ngle j\u016bnf\u01ce, q\u012bngshuài de rènyòng j\u016bngu\u0101n.
\u5f53        \u8d75      \u62ec   \u505a\u4e86   \u5c06\u519b      \u4ee5\u540e\uff0c\u5168\u90e8        \u53d8\u66f4\u4e86     \u519b\u6cd5\uff0c  \u8f7b\u7387      \u5730   \u4efb\u7528      \u519b\u5b98\u3002<\/p>\n

When Zhao Kuo became a general, he changed all the military laws and appointed officers thoughtlessly.<\/p>\n

Jiégu\u01d2 zài zhùmíng de "Chángpíngzh\u012bzhàn" zh\u014dng, Zhào Kuò de j\u016bnduì dàbài.
\u7ed3\u679c     \u5728   \u8457\u540d      \u7684   "\u957f\u5e73\u4e4b\u6218"                  \u4e2d\uff0c    \u8d75     \u62ec  \u7684   \u519b\u961f   \u5927\u8d25\u3002<\/p>\n

As a result, Zhao Kuo’s army suffered a severe defeat in the famous Campaign of Changping.<\/p>\n

Zhào Kuò zìj\u01d0 y\u011b s\u01d0 zài zhànzh\u0113ng zh\u014dng, sh\u01d0 Zhàoguó yìjuébúzhèn le.
\u8d75       \u62ec  \u81ea\u5df1\u4e5f\u6b7b\u5728    \u6218\u4e89              \u4e2d\uff0c\u4f7f    \u8d75\u56fd       \u4e00\u53a5\u4e0d\u632f    \u4e86\u3002<\/p>\n

Zhao Kuo himself died in the war and the Zhao Dynasty was unable to recover from the defeat.<\/p>\n

Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u7eb8\u4e0a\u8c08\u5175 (zh\u01d0shàngtánb\u012bng): armchair strategy<\/p>\n

Xuéxí bù néng zh\u01d0shàngtánb\u012bng, yào huó xué huó yòng cái xíng.
\u5b66\u4e60   \u4e0d  \u80fd       \u7eb8\u4e0a\u8c08\u5175\uff0c         \u8981   \u6d3b    \u5b66   \u6d3b    \u7528     \u624d   \u884c\u3002<\/p>\n

Learning is not ab0ut empty talk. You need to use what you learn.<\/p>\n

Yào chéngg\u014dng jiù yào fùzh\u016b xíngdòng, zh\u01d0 kào zh\u01d0shàngtánb\u012bng shì bù xíng de.
\u8981     \u6210\u529f           \u5c31  \u8981   \u4ed8\u8bf8     \u884c\u52a8\uff0c    \u53ea \u9760      \u7eb8\u4e0a\u8c08\u5175         \u662f  \u4e0d  \u884c   \u7684\u3002<\/p>\n

You must act if you want to succeed. It is no use to be an armchair strategist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n