雷声大雨点小
léi​shēng​dà​yǔ​diǎn​xiǎo

much talk but little action

  • created sense approved 雷声大雨点小/雷聲大雨點小 · léi​shēng​dà​yǔ​diǎn​xiǎo · much talk but little action — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    雷声大雨点小 / 雷聲大雨點小

    léi​shēng​dà​yǔ​diǎn​xiǎo

    much talk but little action

    loud thunder but small rain drops; describes a situation with much fanfare or talk but very little actual result or action

    雷声 (literal) → 雷声/雷聲 · léi​shēng · thunder 大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 雨点 (literal) → 雨点/雨點 · yǔ​diǎn · raindrop 小 (literal) → 小 · xiǎo · small

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense