開弓不放箭

1. • lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom)
2. • fig. to bluff
3. • to be all talk and no action
4. • false bravado

Character by character

• 開(kāi)open
• 弓(gōng)surname Gong
• 不(bù)no
• 放(fàng)put
• 箭(jiàn)arrow