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zhi3 shang4 tan2 bing1
lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)/fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice/armchair strategist/idle theorizing/cf Zhao Kuo 趙括 and 赵括Zhao⁴ Kuo⁴ leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰 and 长平之战Chang² ping² zhi¹ Zhan⁴ in 260 BC
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zhi3
lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)/fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice/armchair strategist/idle theorizing/cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 [Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 [Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC
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shang4
lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)/fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice/armchair strategist/idle theorizing/cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 [Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 [Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC
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tan2
lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)/fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice/armchair strategist/idle theorizing/cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 [Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 [Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC
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bing1
lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)/fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice/armchair strategist/idle theorizing/cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 [Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 [Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC