雷大雨小
léi​dà​yǔ​xiǎo

much talk little action

  • created reference approved 雷大雨小 → 雷声大雨点小/雷聲大雨點小 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    雷大雨小 léi​dà​yǔ​xiǎo

    雷声大雨点小 / 雷聲大雨點小 léi​shēng​dà​yǔ​diǎn​xiǎo

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 雷大雨小 · léi​dà​yǔ​xiǎo · much talk little action — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    雷大雨小

    léi​dà​yǔ​xiǎo

    much talk little action

    (idiom) much thunder but little rain; used to describe a situation that starts with a lot of noise or fanfare but results in very little actual progress or action

    雷 (literal) → 雷 · léi · thunder 大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 雨 (literal) → 雨 · yǔ · rain 小 (literal) → 小 · xiǎo · small

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

    created sense