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站著說話不腰疼
简 站着说话不腰疼 · 繁 站著說話不腰疼Mandarin · pinyin zhàn zhe shuō huà bù yāo téng
Meanings
- (saying) it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter; (fig.) to be an armchair expert; to blabber on
Characters in this entry
- 站
- zhàn · stand up; a stand, station
- 著
- zhù · zhe · manifest; (Cant.) to wear
- 說
- shuō · speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
- 話
- huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 腰
- yāo · waist; kidney
- 疼
- téng · aches, pains; be fond of; love
- 着
- zhe · make move, take action
- 说
- shuō · speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
- 话
- huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
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Mandarin tones
4–5–1–4–4–1–2 · zhan4 zhe5 shuo1 hua4 bu4 yao1 teng2
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Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.Read this spelling in Classical texts
Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.
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phrase
- (idiomatic) being inconsiderate of other's feelings; being unable to put oneself in the place of another, especially when someone is making cynical comments about a person's situation
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