听而不闻
Traditional form:
聽而不聞
Pinyin (reading):
tīng'érbùwén
Definitions:
- to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
- to ignore deliberately
Characters:
- 听 - to hear, to listen; to understand; to obey
- 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 闻 - news; to hear, to smell; to make known
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