雷聲大雨點小
Chinese
editthunder | big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
raindrop | small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young | ||
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trad. (雷聲大雨點小) | 雷聲 | 大 | 雨點 | 小 | |
simp. (雷声大雨点小) | 雷声 | 大 | 雨点 | 小 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: léisheng dà yǔdiǎn siǎo
- Wade–Giles: lei2-shêng1 ta4 yü3-tien3 hsiao3
- Yale: léi-shēng dà yǔ-dyǎn syǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leisheng dah yeudean sheau
- Palladius: лэйшэн да юйдянь сяо (lɛjšɛn da jujdjanʹ sjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /leɪ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ tä⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: leoi4 sing1 daai6 jyu5 dim2 siu2
- Yale: lèuih sīng daaih yúh dím síu
- Cantonese Pinyin: loey4 sing1 daai6 jy5 dim2 siu2
- Guangdong Romanization: lêu4 xing1 dai6 yu5 dim2 xiu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɵy̯²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵ taːi̯²² jyː¹³ tiːm³⁵ siːu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Phrase
edit雷聲大雨點小
- Alternative form of 雷聲大,雨點小/雷声大,雨点小 (léishēng dà, yǔdiǎn xiǎo, “much said but little done”)
- 你既不幹上,昨日那等雷聲大雨點小,要打著教他上吊。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Plum in the Golden Vase, circa 1610 CE
- Nǐ jì bù gàn shàng, zuórì nà děng léishēngdàyǔdiǎnxiǎo, yào dǎ zhù jiào tā shàngdiào. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
你既不干上,昨日那等雷声大雨点小,要打著教他上吊。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
References
edit- “Entry #59708”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
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