干打雷，不下雨

gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 干打雷，不下雨

下
xià

down

下雨
xià yǔ

to rain

不
bù

no; not so

干
gān

dry

干
gàn

tree trunk

打
dá

dozen (loanword)

打
dǎ

to beat

打雷
dǎ léi

to rumble with thunder

雨
yǔ

rain

雨
yù

(literary) to rain

雷
léi

thunder

不下
bù xià

to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)