光说不干

光說不幹
guāngshuōbùgān

all talk and no action

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 光 guāng
  1. bright; shiny
  2. only; merely
  3. used up; finished
  4. to leave (a part of the body) uncovered

classifier: 道
=1 光 guàng
  1. (historical dictionaries only) to color
  2. to color
=2 说 shuì to persuade
=2 说 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=2 说 shuō variant of 说 shuō
=3 不干 bùgān to have nothing to do with
=3 不干 bùgàn
  1. incompetent
  2. to not accept; to reject
=3 不干 bùgān not becoming dry or solid