黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣

Traditional: 黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴

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Dictionary entry

lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells

What does 黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣 mean?

黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣 (huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells

2good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)

Character breakdown

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黄Huángsurname Huang or Hwang 钟Zhōngsurname Zhong 毁huǐto destroy; to ruin · to defame; to slander 弃qìto abandon · to relinquish 瓦wǎroof tile · abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]釜fǔkettle · cauldron 雷Léisurname Lei 鸣míngto cry (of birds, animals and insects) · to make a sound

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黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣

huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng

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