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开弓不放箭

kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn phrase

Traditional: 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
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