| 半瓶水响叮当 |
bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng |
lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom) / fig. empty vessels make the most noise / one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest |
| 半 |
bàn |
half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half |
| 瓶 |
píng |
bottle / vase / pitcher / CL:个 / classifier for wine and liquids |
| 瓶 |
píng |
variant of 瓶 |
| 水 |
Shuǐ |
surname Shui |
| 水 |
shuǐ |
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment |
| 响 |
xiǎng |
echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises |
| 响叮当 |
xiǎng dīng dāng |
to tinkle / to jingle / to clank |
| 叮 |
dīng |
to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc) / to say repeatedly / to urge insistently / to ask repeatedly / to stick to a point / (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound |
| 叮当 |
dīng dāng |
(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound |
| 当 |
dāng |
(onom.) dong / ding dong (bell) |
| 当 |
dāng |
to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at |
| 当 |
dàng |
at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student) |