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雷大雨小

léi dà yǔ xiǎo

4-character word

What 雷大雨小 means

1. lit. much thunder but little rain; fig. a lot of talk but little action
2. his bark is worse than his bite

The characters in 雷大雨小

• 雷léithunder; (bound form; military) mine, as in 地雷; (colloquial) to shock; to stun; to astound
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 雨yǔrain
• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few