黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣

黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴
huángzhōnghuǐqìwǎfǔléimíng
  1. lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
  2. good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 黄钟 huángzhōng
  1. ancient Chinese percussion instrument, usually used in temples
  2. first note of the shí-èr-lǜ
=2 毁 huǐ
  1. to destroy; to ruin
  2. to defame; to slander
=2 毁 huǐ to destroy by fire
=2 毁 huǐ
  1. variant of 毁 huǐ
  2. to defame
  3. to slander
3 弃 qì
  1. to abandon
  2. to relinquish
  3. to discard
  4. to throw away
4 瓦 wǎ
  1. roof tile
  2. abbr. for 瓦特 wǎtè
5 釜 fǔ
  1. kettle
  2. cauldron
6 雷鸣 léimíng thunder rolls