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干研墨

乾研墨
gānyánmò
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 grinding a dry inkstone (fig.)
  2. 2 all talk and no action
  3. 3 empty words with nothing to show

Examples

光说不做，等于干研墨。
Guāng shuō bù zuò, děngyú gānyánmò.
Talking without doing is like grinding a dry inkstone.
方案天天改，却从不执行，完全是干研墨。
Fāng'àn tiāntiān gǎi, què cóng bù zhíxíng, wánquán shì gānyánmò.
They tweak the plan daily but never act on it — pure empty motion.

Tips

memory
Grinding ink without water produces no ink at all — just motion without result. A striking image for hollow talk.

Stroke Order

干 gàn
研 yán
墨 mò