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一瓶子不響,半瓶子晃蕩

yīpíngzibùxiǎng,bànpíngzihuàngdang

ㄧ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ , ㄅㄢˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗ ㄏㄨㄤˋ ˙ㄉㄤ

Simplified 一瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡

  1. 1lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2fig. empty vessels make the most noise

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