置之不理

Traditional form:

置之不理

Pinyin (reading):

zhìzhībùlǐ

Definitions:

• to pay no heed to (idiom)
• to ignore
• to brush aside

Characters:

• 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
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 理 - science, reason, logic; to manage

Traditional characters:

• 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
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 理 - science, reason, logic; to manage