光说不做

Traditional form:

光說不做

Pinyin (reading):

guāngshuōbùzuò

Definitions:

• (idiom) to be all talk and no action; to preach what one does not practice

Characters:

• 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
• 说 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 做 - to work, to make; to act

Traditional characters:

• 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
• 說 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 做 - to work, to make; to act