一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡

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

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

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

variant of 瓶[ping2]

bottle / CL:個|个[ge4]

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

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

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

variant of 晃[huang3]

to dazzle / to flash past

to sway / to shake / to wander about

to rock / to sway / to shake

variant of 蕩|荡[dang4]

variant of 燙|烫[tang4] / variant of 趟[tang4]

to wash / to squander / to sweep away / to move / to shake / dissolute / pond