黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴

黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣
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 黃 huáng
  1. yellow
  2. pornographic
  3. to fall through
2 鐘 zhōng
  1. (historical) metal ceremonial percussion instrument hung from a rack and struck with a mallet
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 鍾 /钟 (zhōng, “unit of capacity”)
  4. bell (Classifier: 架; 座)
  5. clock (Classifier: 架; 座)
  6. metal ceremonial percussion instrument hung from a rack and struck with a mallet
  7. time measured in hours and minutes

classifiers: 架, 座, 點, 分, 秒
3 譭 huǐ
  1. variant of 毀 huǐ
  2. to defame
  3. to slander
4 棄 qì
  1. to abandon
  2. to relinquish
  3. to discard
  4. to throw away
5 瓦 wǎ
  1. roof tile
  2. abbr. for 瓦特 wǎtè
6 釜 fǔ
  1. kettle
  2. cauldron
7 雷鳴 léimíng thunder rolls