What Does "只打雷不下雨" (zhǐ dǎ léi bù xià yǔ) Mean?

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只打雷不下雨

zhǐ dǎ léi bù xià yǔ

it will be "all talk and no action."

HSK Vocabulary

只H1 打雷H6 不H1 下雨H1

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E25

Clip Timestamp

7:10

TMDB ID

210757

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	雷声大雨点小了再过几年	léi shēng dà yǔ diǎn xiǎo le zài guò jǐ nián	it would be "much talk but little action." In another few years,
2▶	只打雷不下雨	zhǐ dǎ léi bù xià yǔ	it will be "all talk and no action."
3	您帮我出面缓一缓就行要是像你说的这么简单	nín bāng wǒ chū miàn huǎn yī huǎn jiù xíng yào shì xiàng nǐ shuō de zhè me jiǎn dān	Please step out and stall them for a while. That'll be enough. If it were as simple as you said,

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我们能不能不要每一次一说到关键问题的时候

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我们能不能不要每一次一说到关键问题的时候

wǒ men néng bù néng bù yào měi yī cì yī shuō dào guān jiàn wèn tí de shí hòuCan you not use your siblings as a pretext

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你就拿你弟弟妹妹做挡箭牌

nǐ jiù ná nǐ dì di mèi mèi zuò dǎng jiàn páievery time we touch a critical issue?

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我还不够守法

wǒ hái bù gòu shǒu fǎAm I not law-abiding enough?

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安欣问你个事

ān xīn wèn nǐ gè shìAn Xin, let me ask you something.

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dān wù nǐ leSorry to have held you up.

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求您帮帮他

qiú nín bāng bāng tāPlease help him.

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不是我不想帮

bú shì wǒ bù xiǎng bāngIt's not that I don't want to help.

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雷声大雨点大

léi shēng dà yǔ diǎn dàthey were all like "much talk and much action."

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雷声大雨点小了再过几年

léi shēng dà yǔ diǎn xiǎo le zài guò jǐ niánit would be "much talk but little action." In another few years,

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该求的都求过了

gāi qiú de dōu qiú guò lefrom all the other people I know.

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我最近这身体也不太好

wǒ zuì jìn zhè shēn tǐ yě bù tài hǎoI'm not feeling well lately.

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就全权委托给你了

jiù quán quán wěi tuō gěi nǐ lecarte blanche for all the issues in the group.

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我哪有心思管别的

wǒ nǎ yǒu xīn sī guǎn bié dewhen something this big happened to my family?

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你弟弟是你弟弟

nǐ dì di shì nǐ dì diYour brother is your brother.

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把自己日子过好了

bǎ zì jǐ rì zi guò hǎo leJust live your life,

所以取消资质我觉得也是在情理之中

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所以取消资质我觉得也是在情理之中

suǒ yǐ qǔ xiāo zī zhì wǒ jué de yě shì zài qíng lǐ zhī zhōngSo I think it's reasonable to disqualify him.

我要是这么粗暴干涉会不会破坏了

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我要是这么粗暴干涉会不会破坏了

wǒ yào shì zhè me cū bào gān shè huì bú huì pò huài leIf I intervene so rashly, will it ruin

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正常的经营环境再说

zhèng cháng de jīng yíng huán jìng zài shuōthe normal business environment? Besides,

就牵扯了一系列的案件您最清楚的

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就牵扯了一系列的案件您最清楚的

jiù qiān chě le yī xì liè de àn jiàn nín zuì qīng chǔ dethe demolition of Mang Village's project. You know the best.

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所以他现在处处抢在前面

suǒ yǐ tā xiàn zài chù chù qiǎng zài qián miànSo now, he beats us to the punch every time.