半瓶水響叮噹

lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom) / fig. empty vessels make the most noise / one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest

half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half

bottle / vase / pitcher / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for wine and liquids

variant of 瓶[ping2]

surname Shui

water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises

to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc) / to say repeatedly / to urge insistently / to ask repeatedly / to stick to a point / (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound

to tinkle / to jingle / to clank

(onom.) ding dong / jingling of bells / clanking sound

(onom.) dong / ding dong (bell)