雷聲大,雨點小 léi shēng dà , yǔ diǎn xiǎo

DEFINITIONS

  1. loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom); a lot of talk, but no action
  2. action speaks louder than words
  3. his bite is worse than his bark

CHARACTERS

雷 léi thunder
聲 shēng sound, voice, noise; tone; music
大 dà big, great, vast, large, high
雨 yǔ rain; rainy; KangXi radical 173
點 diǎn dot, speck, spot; point, degree
小 xiǎo small, tiny, insignificant