黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣

Traditional form:

黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴

Pinyin (reading):

huángzhōnghuǐqìwǎfǔléimíng

Definitions:

• lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
• good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)

Characters:

• 黄 - yellow; surname
• 钟 - clock; bell
• 毁 - to damage, to ruin; to defame, to slander
• 弃 - to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget
• 瓦 - tile; pottery, earthenware
• 釜 - cauldron, kettle, pot
• 雷 - thunder; surname
• 鸣 - a bird call or animal cry; to make a sound

Traditional characters:

• 黃 - yellow; surname
• 鐘 - clock; bell
• 譭 - to slander, to defame
• 棄 - to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget
• 瓦 - tile; pottery, earthenware
• 釜 - cauldron, kettle, pot
• 雷 - thunder; surname
• 鳴 - a bird call or animal cry; to make a sound