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雷聲大，雨點小

简 雷声大，雨点小 · 繁 雷聲大，雨點小
Mandarin · pinyin léi shēng dà , yǔ diǎn xiǎo

Meanings

  1. lit. loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom)
  2. fig. a lot of talk, but no action
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Characters in this entry

雷
léi · thunder
聲
shēng · sound, voice, noise; tone; music
大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
雨
yǔ · rain; rainy; Kangxi radical 173
點
diǎn · dot, speck, spot; point, degree
小
xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
声
shēng · sound, voice, noise; tone; music
点
diǎn · dot, speck, spot; point, degree
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雷聲大，雨點小 · lei2 sheng1 da4 , yu3 dian3 xiao3
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Exact source record雷聲大，雨點小 雷声大，雨点小 [lei2 sheng1 da4 , yu3 dian3 xiao3] /lit. loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom)/fig. a lot of talk, but no action/