zhǐ shàng tán bīng
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 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
zhāo ān
to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty
Zhào ān
Zhao'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
Zhào ān xiàn
Zhao'an county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
Zhào Kuò
Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子
Mǎ Fú zǐ
Ma Fuzi (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
also called Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括
Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén suǒ zhī
Sima Zhao's stratagem is obvious to everyone
fig. an open secret
Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhī
lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom)
fig. an open secret
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