兩耳不聞窗外事
liǎng'ěr​bù​wén​chuāng​wài​shì

to ignore outside matters

  • created sense approved 两耳不闻窗外事/兩耳不聞窗外事 · liǎng'ěr​bù​wén​chuāng​wài​shì · to ignore outside matters — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    两耳不闻窗外事 / 兩耳不聞窗外事

    liǎng'ěr​bù​wén​chuāng​wài​shì

    to ignore outside matters

    (fixed expression) To pay no attention to anything happening outside one's own immediate business or studies; literally "with both ears not hearing what happens outside the window"

    两 (literal) → 两/兩 · liǎng · two 耳 (literal) → 耳 · ěr · ear 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 闻 (literal) → 闻/聞 · wén · to hear 窗外 (literal) → 窗外 · chuāng​wài · outside a window 事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense