干打雷，不下雨

gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ

Definitions

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

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Child Words of 干打雷，不下雨

• 下 下 xià: down
• 下雨 下雨 xià yǔ: to rain
• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 干 干 gān: dry
• 干 干 gàn: tree trunk
• 打 打 dá: dozen (loanword)
• 打 打 dǎ: to beat
• 打雷 打雷 dǎ léi: to rumble with thunder
• 雨 雨 yǔ: rain
• 雨 雨 yù: (literary) to rain
• 雷 雷 léi: thunder
• 不下 不下 bù xià: to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)