漠然置之

Traditional form:

漠然置之

Pinyin (reading):

mòránzhìzhī

Definitions:

• to set to one side and ignore (idiom); quite indifferent
• cold and uncaring

Characters:

• 漠 - desert; aloof, cool, indifferent
• 然 - certainly; naturally; suddenly
• 置 - to lay out, to place, to set aside
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to

Traditional characters:

• 漠 - desert; aloof, cool, indifferent
• 然 - certainly; naturally; suddenly
• 置 - to lay out, to place, to set aside
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to