「雷聲大雨點小」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: leoi4 seng1 daai6 jyu5 dim2 siu2 leoi4 sing1 daai6 jyu5 dim2 siu2
Individual
Character Meaning:
thunder; to be a burden; detrimental
sound; voice
big; to grow up; to intimidate; to bluff; intensely; greatly; fully; on a large scale; university; large; old in age; older; senior; number two
rain
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
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
(Cant.) keoi5ge3zi6gwok3daai6gai3zeoi3zung1dou1hai6leoi4seng1daai6jyu5dim2siu2mou5mat1sat6zai3ge3gung1haau6
(Eng.) His master plan for the country, after all, is loud but it does not work very well. It does not have much practical result.
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