[纸上谈兵 / 紙上談兵, zhǐ shàng tán bīng, ㄓˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄥ]lit. military tactics on paper (成语 saw); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice (cf. Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400, 000 to annihilation at Changping in 260 BC); an armchair strategist; idle theorizing#40926[Add to Longdo]
[招兵买马 / 招兵買馬, zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ, ㄓㄠ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄇㄞˇ ㄇㄚˇ]to recruit soldiers and buy horses (成语 saw); to raise a large army; fig. to expand business; to recruit new staff#45366[Add to Longdo]
[短兵相接, duǎn bīng xiāng jiē, ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄝ]lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (成语 saw); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat; to fight at close quarters#48044[Add to Longdo]