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一瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡

yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. empty vessels make the most noise