站著說話不腰疼 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 站着说话不腰疼 zhànzheshuōhuàbùyāoténg ㄓㄢˋ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠ ㄊㄥˊ it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter (fig.) to be an armchair expert to blabber on saying Character by character 站(zhàn)station 著(zhe)aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state 說(shuō)speak 話(huà)dialect 不(bù)no 腰(yāo)the waist and lower back 疼(téng)hurts A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0