黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣

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

Character by character

• 黄(huáng)surname Huang or Hwang
• 钟(zhōng)surname Zhong
• 毁(huǐ)destroy
• 弃(qì)abandon
• 瓦(wǎ)roof tile
• 釜(fǔ)kettle
• 雷(léi)surname Lei
• 鸣(míng)cry