created sense approved 一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡/一瓶子不響，半瓶子晃蕩 · yīpíngzibùxiǎngbànpíngzihuàngdàng · empty vessels make the most noise — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡 / 一瓶子不響，半瓶子晃蕩
yīpíngzibùxiǎngbànpíngzihuàngdàng
empty vessels make the most noise
literally meaning a full bottle makes no sound while a half-filled bottle sloshes; used to describe people with little knowledge who like to show off
一 (literal) → 一 · yī · whole 瓶子 (literal) → 瓶子 · píngzi · bottle 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 响 (literal) → 响/響 · xiǎng · to make a sound ， (non_chinese) 半 (literal) → 半 · bàn · half 瓶子 (literal) → 瓶子 · píngzi · bottle 晃荡 (literal) → 晃荡/晃蕩 · huàngdang · to rock
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition