"Thunder" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 léi thunder / mine (weapon) / (Internet slang) terrifying / terrific
 páo xiào to roar / to thunder / to snarl / to bluster (of wind, waves etc) / crashing waves (onom.) / to rage (of a person)
 léi shēng thunder
 bìng thunder
 pī lì clap of thunder / thunderbolt / (slang) awesome / shocking / terrifying
 léi diàn thunder and lightning
 léi tíng sound of thunder
 léi míng thunder rolls
 jīng léi sudden clap of thunder / fig. surprising turn of events
 qíng tiān pī lì thunder from a clear sky (idiom) / a bolt from the blue
 dǎ léi to rumble with thunder / clap of thunder
 Léi gōng Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology
 léi lì fēng xíng pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom) / swift and decisive reaction
 rú léi guàn ěr lit. like thunder piercing the ear / a well-known reputation (idiom)
 mèn léi muffled thunder / (fig.) sudden shock / blow
 léi dǎ bù dòng not shaken by thunder (idiom) / the arrangements are unalterable / to adhere rigidly to regulations / will go ahead whatever happens (of an arrangement or plan)
 hōng xiǎng loud sound, such as that of thunder or a bomb / to rumble / to roar
 lóng lóng shēng rumble (sound of thunder or gunfire)
 qīng tiān pī lì thunder from a clear sky (idiom) / a bolt from the blue
 zhèn to shake / to vibrate / to jolt / to quake / excited / shocked / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder /
 yǐn roll of thunder
 tíng clap of thunder
 pī clap of thunder
 lì clap of thunder
 qún lóng wú shǒu lit. a thunder of dragons without a head / fig. a group lacking a leader
 liè quē pī lì thunder and lightning
 chén léi deep growling thunder
 yǐn (onom.) sound of thunder
 huǐ huǐ rumbling (of thunder etc)
 Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu the God of Thunder strikes bean curd / fig. to bully the weakest person / to pick on an easy target
 Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person / to pick on an easy target
 léi dà yǔ xiǎo lit. much thunder but little rain / fig. a lot of talk but little action / his bark is worse than his bite
 léi shēng dà , yǔ diǎn xiǎo loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom) / a lot of talk, but no action / action speaks louder than words / his bite is worse than his bark
 léi hōng sound of thunder
 léi diàn jì brontometer / apparatus to measure thunder and lightning
 léi diàn jì tú brontograph / record of thunder and lightning
 xiǎng léi to be thundering / thunder clap / CL:個|个[ge4]
  Operation Lightning Thunder
 gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ all thunder but no rain (idiom) / a lot of noise but no action
 léi shén god of thunder (Chinese Leigong 雷公[Lei2 gong1], Norse Thor 索爾|索尔[Suo3 er3], Greek Zeus 宙斯[Zhou4 si1] etc)
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