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半瓶水響叮噹 (bun3 ping4 seoi2 hoeng2 ding1 dong1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

半瓶水響叮噹 (bun3 ping4 seoi2 hoeng2 ding1 dong1, bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng) — lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom); fig. empty vessels make the most noise; one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 半世人 (bun3 sai3 jan4) — Half of a lifetime
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• 半個鐘 (bun3 go3 zung1) — Half an hour
• 半勒卡 (bun3 lak6 kaa1) — halfway; somewhere in between
• 半 (bun3) — (adjective) middle; half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half; in th…
• 半吞半吐 (bun3 tan1 bun3 tou3) — mutter and mumble; indirectly spoken

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