置若罔闻
zhì​ruò​wǎng​wén

to turn a deaf ear to

  • created sense approved 置若罔闻/置若罔聞 · zhì​ruò​wǎng​wén · to turn a deaf ear to — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    置若罔闻 / 置若罔聞

    zhì​ruò​wǎng​wén

    to turn a deaf ear to

    (idiom) to pay no heed to something; to ignore completely or pretend not to have heard

    置 (literal) → 置 · zhì · to set aside 若 (literal) → 若 · ruò · to seem 罔 (literal) → 罔 · wǎng · not 闻 (literal) → 闻/聞 · wén · to hear

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

    created sense