耳熟

ěrshú

adjective #11,328

Meanings

Zhè shǒu gē tīngzhe hěn ěrshú.

This song sounds very familiar.

Zhège míngzi hěn ěrshú, dàn wǒ xiǎng bù qǐlái shì shéi.

This name sounds familiar, but I can't remember who it is.

memory

Ear (耳) + familiar/ripe (熟) = familiar to the ear. Your ears have 'ripened' to this sound -- they've heard it before.

usage

Often extended to 耳熟能详 (ěrshú néng xiáng) -- so familiar you can describe it in detail. A very common four-character expression.

耳 ěr

熟 shú