What you say but what you don't do

What you say but what you don't do

It is a Chinese idiom to have words without deeds. The Pinyin is y ǒ UK ǒ UW ú x í ng, which means to have empty words without virtue. It comes from the biography of Shi Bi in the later Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

There are empty words but no virtue.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of rites, miscellaneous notes II: "a gentleman is ashamed of his words but not his deeds."

There are many people who live in groups and have nothing to do with them. If they abandon their children in the family or reject the Scriptures in the court, there will be changes in Yangsheng and Wubei. The book of the later Han Dynasty Shi Bi

Idiom usage

To act as a predicate or attributive