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empty vessels make the most noise

  1. numeral
    whole
    whole; entire; throughout; all
  2. bottle
    bottle; jar; flask; usually a cylindrical container with a narrow neck and wide belly made of glass, ceramic, or plastic
  3. adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  4. to make a sound
    To make a sound; to ring or sound; to start making noise.
  5. bàn
    non-Chinese
  6. bàn numeral
    half
    one half; semi-; specifically used after a number and a measure word to mean "and a half"
  7. bottle
    bottle; jar; flask; usually a cylindrical container with a narrow neck and wide belly made of glass, ceramic, or plastic
  8. to rock
    to rock, shake, or sway back and forth; to vacillate