乾打雷，不下雨 gān dǎ léi ， bù xià yǔ

a lot of noise but no action

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. a lot of noise but no action
  2. 2. all thunder but no rain (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
乾 gān
surname Qian
打 dǎ HSK 1
to hit; to strike; to beat
雷 léi HSK 5
thunder; surname Lei; mine (weapon)
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
下 xià HSK 1
down; below; to go down
雨 yǔ HSK 1
rain; to rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall