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黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴 黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣 [huang2 zhong1 hui3 qi4 wa3 fu3 lei2 ming2] /lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells/good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)/Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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