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光说不做

guāng shuō bù zuò

4-character word Traditional 光說不做

What 光说不做 means

1. idiomto be all talk and no action; to preach what one does not practice

The characters in 光说不做

• 光guānglight; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely
• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 做zuòto make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)