置若罔闻 zhìruòwǎngwén to turn a deaf ear to Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 置 zhì to set aside (literary) to discard; to abandon; to leave alone若 ruò adjectiveadverb to seem to seem; to appear to; to be like; to look as if罔 wǎng not (literary) a particle used for negation or prohibition equivalent to 不 bù or 不要 bùyào闻 聞 wén adjectiveverb to hear (literary) to hear; to catch the sound of something