耳旁风 (耳旁風)
ěr páng fēng
Pinyin

Definition

耳旁风 (耳旁風)
 - 
ěr páng fēng
  1. lit. wind past your ear
  2. fig. sth you don't pay much attention to
  3. in one ear and out the other

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

páng
  1. 1 beside
  2. 2 one side
  3. 3 other
  4. 4 side
  5. 5 self
  6. 6 the right-hand side of split Chinese character, often the phonetic
páng biān
  1. 1 lateral
  2. 2 side
  3. 3 to the side
  4. 4 beside
ěr
  1. 1 ear
  2. 2 handle (archaeology)
  3. 3 and that is all (Classical Chinese)
ěr duo
  1. 1 ear
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 classifier: 对 duì
  5. 5 handle (on a cup)
ěr jī
  1. 1 headphones
  2. 2 earphones
  3. 3 telephone receiver

Idioms (20)

俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
  1. 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
  2. 2 at sb's beck and call
充耳不闻
chōng ěr bù wén
  1. 1 to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
如雷贯耳
rú léi guàn ěr
  1. 1 lit. like thunder piercing the ear
  2. 2 a well-known reputation (idiom)
忠言逆耳
zhōng yán nì ěr
  1. 1 loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)
抓耳挠腮
zhuā ěr náo sāi
  1. 1 to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)