「雷聲大雨點小」
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Pronunciation: | leoi4 seng1 daai6 jyu5 dim2 siu2 leoi4 sing1 daai6 jyu5 dim2 siu2 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
雷 thunder; to be a burden; detrimental 聲 sound; voice 大 big; to grow up; to intimidate; to bluff; intensely; greatly; fully; on a large scale; university; large; old in age; older; senior; number two 雨 rain 點 dot; how; o'clock; drop; spot; speck; extent; degree; aspect; characteristic; attribute; decimal point; decimal comma; item; thing; in what way; in what manner; whatever; however; to count one by one; to dip 小 small; primary school; elementary school; little; lesser; minor |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
to describe a thing that drew a lot of attention at first, yet the result is not as expected; typically, a plan or a way of working that only arouses attention but the actual action is insufficient; literally, the sound of lightning is loud, the size of rain is small
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