tīng'ér​bù​wén

to turn a deaf ear

  1. to listen
    to listen; to use the ears to receive sound
  2. ér conjunction
    but
    Used to connect ideas that contrast or conflict; yet; but; on the other hand
  3. adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  4. wén adjectiveverb
    to hear
    (literary) to hear; to catch the sound of something