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): rúléiguàněr

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄋㄜˇㄦ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ leoi⁴ gun³ ji⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rúléiguàněr
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄋㄜˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rúléiguàněr
  - Wade–Giles: ju²-lei²-kua⁴-nê³-ʼrh
  - Yale: rú-léi-gwà-něr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruleiguahnee'l
  - Palladius: жулэйгуанэр (žulɛjguanɛr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ leɪ̯³⁵ ku̯ä⁵¹ nɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    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

to reverberate like thunder
(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]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

如雷灌耳 (rúléiguàněr)

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