坐而论道 — Chinese idiom
坐而论道
zuò ér lùn dào
Traditional: 坐而論道
Meaning
- to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice
Character by character
- 坐zuòseat; to sit; to ride, to travel by
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 论lùndebate; discussion
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
Idioms sharing a character
- 坐不垂堂 zuò bù chuí táng
- 坐井观天 zuò jǐng guān tiān
- 坐享其成 zuò xiǎng qí chéng
- 坐以待毙 zuò yǐ dài bì
- 坐吃山空 zuò chī shān kōng
- 坐失机宜 zuò shī jī yí
- 坐失良机 zuò shī liáng jī
- 坐收渔利 zuò shōu yú lì
- 坐立不安 zuò lì bù ān
- 坐立难安 zuò lì nán ān
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