| 雷声大，雨点小 |
léi shēng dà , yǔ diǎn xiǎo |
lit. loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom) / fig. a lot of talk, but no action |
| 雷 |
Léi |
surname Lei |
| 雷 |
léi |
thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷 land mine / (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) |
| 雷声 |
léi shēng |
thunder |
| 声 |
shēng |
sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 雨 |
yǔ |
rain / CL:阵,场 |
| 雨 |
yù |
(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet |
| 雨点 |
yǔ diǎn |
raindrop |
| 点 |
diǎn |
to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts |
| 小 |
xiǎo |
small / tiny / few / young |