黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴

1. • lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
2. • good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)

Character by character

• 黃(huáng)surname Huang or Hwang
• 鐘(zhōng)a (large) bell
• 譭(huǐ)defame
• 棄(qì)abandon
• 瓦(wǎ)roof tile
• 釜(fǔ)kettle
• 雷(léi)surname Lei
• 鳴(míng)cry