光说不做 in English guang1 shuo1 bu4 zuo4 Meaning

Meanings

  • all talk and no action (idiomatic expression)
  • to preach what one does not practice

Simplified Characters

光 说 不 做

Traditional Characters

光 說 不 做

Pinyin

guang1 shuo1 bu4 zuo4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

光guang1light 说shuo1to persuade 不bu4(negative prefix) 做zuo4to do