如雷貫耳

如雷贯耳
rúléiguàn'ěr
  1. (figurative) to be very famous
  2. to be very famous
  3. to reverberate like thunder

Wiktionary

Homographs

如雷貫耳 rúléiguàněr
  1. lit. like thunder piercing the ear
  2. a well-known reputation (idiom)

Entry Composition

1 如 rú
  1. as
  2. as if
  3. such as
=2 雷 Léi surname Lei
=2 雷 léi
  1. thunder
  2. (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷 dìléi land mine
  3. (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound
  4. (Tw) (coll.) spoiler
  5. (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
=3 貫 guàn
  1. to pierce through
  2. to pass through
  3. to be stringed together
  4. string of 1000 cash
=3 貫 wān
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 彎 /弯 (wān, “to draw a bow”)
  2. alternative form of 彎 /弯 (wān, “to draw a bow”)
4 耳 ěr
  1. ear
  2. handle (archaeology)
  3. and that is all (Classical Chinese)