干打雷，不下雨

Traditional form:

乾打雷，不下雨

Pinyin (reading):

gāndǎléi,bùxiàyǔ

Definitions:

• all thunder but no rain (idiom)
• a lot of noise but no action

Characters:

• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 雷 - thunder; surname
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
• 雨 - rain

Traditional characters:

• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 雷 - thunder; surname
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
• 雨 - rain