雷聲大，雨點小 léi shēng dà ， yǔ diǎn xiǎo

all talk, little action

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
雷 léi HSK 5
thunder; surname Lei; mine (weapon)
聲 shēng
sound; voice; noise
大 dà HSK 1
big; large; great
雨 yǔ HSK 1
rain; to rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall
點 diǎn
o'clock; to order (food in a restaurant); point
小 xiǎo HSK 1
small; young; tiny