一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡

Traditional: 一瓶子不響，半瓶子晃蕩

yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang

Dictionary entry

lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)

What does 一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡 mean?

一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡 (yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)

2fig. empty vessels make the most noise

Character breakdown

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一yīone · single 瓶píngbottle · vase 子zǐson · child 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-响xiǎngecho · sound 半bànhalf · semi-晃huǎngvariant of 晃[huang3]荡dàngvariant of 蕩|荡[dang4]

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一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡

yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang

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