mǎ'ěr​dōng​fēng

to turn a deaf ear

  • created sense approved 马耳东风/馬耳東風 · mǎ'ěr​dōng​fēng · to turn a deaf ear — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    马耳东风 / 馬耳東風

    mǎ'ěr​dōng​fēng

    to turn a deaf ear

    to ignore advice or be completely indifferent to what someone is saying; literally "the east wind blowing in a horse's ear"

    马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse 耳 (literal) → 耳 · ěr · ear 东风 (literal) → 东风/東風 · dōng​fēng · east wind

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 马耳东风/馬耳東風 · mǎ'ěr​dōng​fēng · unheeded advice — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    马耳东风 / 馬耳東風

    mǎ'ěr​dōng​fēng

    unheeded advice

    words or advice that someone pays no attention to; literally "the east wind blowing in a horse's ear"

    马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse 耳 (literal) → 耳 · ěr · ear 东风 (literal) → 东风/東風 · dōng​fēng · east wind

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

    created sense