thùng rỗng kêu to
empty vessels make noise
proverb
empty vessels make noise
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proverb
empty vessels make noise Core Actions
A proverb suggesting that people with little knowledge or ability often talk the most.
vi Đừng khoe khoang quá nhiều, thùng rỗng kêu to.
en Don't brag so much, empty vessels make noise.
Parts
桶𥧪𡆌租
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Parts
桶𥧪𡆌租
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
桶𥧪𡆌租
Candidates by syllable
thùng
桶（𠽅 / 𥶀）
rỗng
𥧪
kêu
𡆌
to
租（蘇 / 𡚡 / 𡚢 / 𢀱）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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