Chinese Idioms of May 2011
(Pin yin) xiōng yǒu chéng zhú
(Chinese) 胸 有 成 竹
(Translation) Have things as a whole well thought out beforehand --- with complete confidence
胸chest
有have
成complete
竹bamboo
Sample sentence:
Māma yào zuò gōngbǎojīdīng le，yí fù xiōngyǒuchéngzhú de yàngzi。
妈妈要做宫保鸡丁了，一副胸有成竹的样子。
Mother is going to make the kongbao chicken, she looks full of confidence.
(Pin yin) zhǐ shàng tán bīng
(Chinese) 纸 上 谈 兵
(Translation) Talk about stratagems on paper -- empty talk
Word by word English translation：
纸 paper
上on
谈to talk
兵soldier
Sample sentence:
Zhè zhǐ shì zhǐshàngtánbīng。
这只是纸上谈兵。
It is just an empty talk.
