充耳不闻
充耳不闻
chōng ěr bù wén
to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
verbidiom
Traditional: 充耳不聞
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- (verb, idiom) to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
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Related Words
大事化小，小事化了(dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo)· to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)
→对牛弹琴(duì niú tán qín)· lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
→洗耳恭听(xǐ ěr gōng tīng)· to listen with respectful attention
→眼观六路耳听八方(yǎn guān liù lù ěr tīng bā fāng)· lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions
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