开弓不放箭

kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn

lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom)

fig. to bluff; to be all talk and no action; false bravado

kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive)

gōng

a bow (weapon)

no; not so

fàng

to put

jiàn

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