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置若罔闻
zhì​ruò​wǎng​wén

to turn a deaf ear to

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 置 zhì
    to set aside
    (literary) to discard; to abandon; to leave alone
  2. 若 ruò adjectiveadverb
    to seem
    to seem; to appear to; to be like; to look as if
  3. 罔 wǎng
    not
    (literary) a particle used for negation or prohibition equivalent to 不 bù or 不要 bù​yào
  4. 闻 聞 wén adjectiveverb
    to hear
    (literary) to hear; to catch the sound of something