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雷声大，雨点小

léi shēng dà , yǔ diǎn xiǎo

7-character word Traditional 雷聲大，雨點小

What 雷声大，雨点小 means

1. lit. loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom)
2. fig. a lot of talk, but no action

The characters in 雷声大，雨点小

• 雷léithunder; (bound form; military) mine, as in 地雷; (colloquial) to shock; to stun; to astound
• 声shēngsound; voice; tone
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 雨yǔrain
• 点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)…
• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few