耳旁风 (耳旁風)
ěr páng fēng
Pinyin
Definition
耳旁风 (耳旁風)
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- lit. wind past your ear
- fig. sth you don't pay much attention to
- in one ear and out the other
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 beside
- 2 one side
- 3 other
- 4 side
- 5 self
- 6 the right-hand side of split Chinese character, often the phonetic
- 1 lateral
- 2 side
- 3 to the side
- 4 beside
- 1 ear
- 2 handle (archaeology)
- 3 and that is all (Classical Chinese)
- 1 headphones
- 2 earphones
- 3 telephone receiver
Idioms (20)
俯首帖耳
- 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
- 2 at sb's beck and call
充耳不闻
- 1 to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
如雷贯耳
- 1 lit. like thunder piercing the ear
- 2 a well-known reputation (idiom)
忠言逆耳
- 1 loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)
抓耳挠腮
- 1 to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)