干打雷，不下雨 in English gan1 da3 lei2 , bu4 xia4 yu3 Meaning

Meanings

  • all thunder but no rain (idiomatic expression)
  • a lot of noise but no action

Simplified Characters

干 打 雷 ， 不 下 雨

Traditional Characters

乾 打 雷 ， 不 下 雨

Pinyin

gan1 da3 lei2 , bu4 xia4 yu3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

干gan4old variant of 乾|干[gan1] 打da3dozen (loanword) 雷lei2surname Lei ， 不bu4(negative prefix) 下xia4down 雨yu3rain