如雷貫耳

See also: 如雷贯耳

Chinese

		as (if); such as	thunder	pierce; to string	ear
trad. (如雷貫耳)		如	雷	貫	耳
simp. (如雷贯耳)		如	雷	贯	耳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúléiguàn'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ leoi⁴ gun³ ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúléiguàn'ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúléiguàn-ěr
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-lei²-kuan⁴-êrh³
    • Yale: rú-léi-gwàn-ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruleiguanneel
    • Palladius: жулэйгуаньэр (žulɛjguanʹer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ leɪ̯³⁵ ku̯än⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 如雷灌耳 如雷貫耳 / 如雷贯耳

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ leoi⁴ gun³ ji⁵
    • Yale: yùh lèuih gun yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ loey⁴ gun³ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ lêu⁴ gun³ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ lɵy̯²¹ kuːn³³ jiː¹³/

Idiom

如雷貫耳

1. to reverberate like thunder
2. (figurative) to be very famous

   • 玄德下拜曰：「漢室末胄，涿郡愚夫，久聞先生大名，如雷貫耳。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     玄德下拜曰：「汉室末胄，涿郡愚夫，久闻先生大名，如雷贯耳。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Xuándé xiàbài yuē: “Hànshì mòzhòu, Zhuō Jùn yúfū, jiǔ wén xiānshēng dàmíng, rúléiguàn'ěr.” [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• 如雷灌耳 (rúléiguàněr)