置之不理 zhìzhībùlǐ to ignore Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 置 zhì to set aside (literary) to discard; to abandon; to leave alone之 zhī pronoun it Used only in the object position to refer to a person or thing already mentioned, meaning "him", "her", "it", or "them".不理 bùlǐ verb to ignore to pay no attention to someone; to refuse to acknowledge or speak to someone