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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 如雷贯耳

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
如雷贯耳 rú léi guàn ěr - lit. like thunder piercing the ear
- a well-known reputation (idiom)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 41,393 60,389 57,498

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- as
- as if
- such as
léi- surname Lei
léi- thunder
- (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine
- (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound
- (Tw) (coll.) spoiler
- (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
guàn- to pierce through
- to pass through
- to be stringed together
- string of 1000 cash
ěr- ear
- handle (archaeology)
- and that is all (Classical Chinese)

Other Words Containing 如雷贯耳

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
如雷贯耳 - - 41,393 60,389 57,498