No words, no deeds(yán zhī wú wén，xíng zhī bù yuǎn)

No words, no deeds

It is also called "words without words, deeds without distance". It is also called "words without words, deeds without distance".

Idiom explanation

Phonetic notation y á nzh ī w ú w é n, X í ngzh ī B ù Yu ǎ n words without text, line not far explanation also means "words without text, line not far". It is also called "words without words, deeds without distance".

Idioms and allusions

If you don't have to record what you say, it won't spread far. "Confucius' family language · Zhenglun" said: "Confucius heard it and called it Zigong, saying:" there is a saying in the annals: "words are sufficient for the annals, and articles are sufficient for the annals." No words, who knows its ambition? No words, no deeds. " Lu You of the Song Dynasty wrote in his book the Prime Minister of xiejiang when Yanzhou arrived: "if you are a sage, you will not go far if you are not a writer; if you are a Taoist, you should give up what you are short of and take what you are good at." Hu Shi's "on the improvement of literature": today's people only know that "words are not written, and deeds are not far away", but they don't know that words are meaningless, so why use literature

Discrimination of words

Usage: used as an object or a clause; used to admonish people

Chinese PinYin : yán zhī wú wén，xíng zhī bù yuǎn