光说不练
Traditional form:
光說不練
Pinyin (reading):
guāngshuōbùliàn
Definitions:
- all talk and no action (idiom)
- to preach what one does not practice
- same as 光說不做／光说不做 (guāngshuōbùzuò)
Characters:
- 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
- 说 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 练 - to drill, to exercise; to practice, to train
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