Chinese–English
开弓不放箭
kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn · kai gong bu fang jian
Traditional 開弓不放箭
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom)
- fig. to bluff
- to be all talk and no action
- false bravado
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