听而不闻
tīng'ér​bù​wén

to turn a deaf ear

  • created reference approved 听而不闻/聽而不聞 → 视而不见/視而不見 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    听而不闻 / 聽而不聞 tīng'ér​bù​wén

    视而不见 / 視而不見 shì'ér​bù​jiàn

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 听而不闻/聽而不聞 · tīng'ér​bù​wén · to turn a deaf ear — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    听而不闻 / 聽而不聞

    tīng'ér​bù​wén

    to turn a deaf ear

    to hear but not react; to ignore deliberately or be completely indifferent to what one hears

    听 (literal) → 听/聽 · tīng · to listen 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · but 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 闻 (literal) → 闻/聞 · wén · to hear

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

    created sense