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乾打雷，不下雨

简干打雷，不下雨 · 繁乾打雷，不下雨

Mandarin · pinyin gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ

all thunder but no rain (idiom)
a lot of noise but no action

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乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
雷: léi · thunder
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
下: xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
雨: yǔ · rain; rainy; Kangxi radical 173
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried

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