耳边风 (耳邊風)
ěr biān fēng
Pinyin

Definition

耳边风 (耳邊風)
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ěr biān 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)

耳
ěr
  1. 1 ear
  2. 2 handle (archaeology)
  3. 3 and that is all (Classical Chinese)
耳朵
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)
耳机
ěr jī
  1. 1 headphones
  2. 2 earphones
  3. 3 telephone receiver
耳环
ěr huán
  1. 1 earring
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī
  3. 3 classifier: 对 duì
不绝于耳
bù jué yú ěr
  1. 1 (of sound) to never stop
  2. 2 to fall incessantly on the ear
  3. 3 to linger on

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)

Sample Sentences

你就把我的话当耳边风吧，你之后就会明白了。
nǐ jiù bǎ wǒ de huà dāng ěrbiānfēng ba ，nǐ zhīhòu jiù huì míngbai le 。
I guess my advice fell on deaf ears. You will understand in the future.
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好！你现在翅膀硬了，把父母的话当做耳边风了。那你不用呆在这个家里了。我们就当没你这个儿子。你给我滚！滚！
hǎo ！nǐ xiànzài chìbǎng yìng le ，bǎ fùmǔ dehuà dàngzuò ěrbiānfēng le 。nà nǐ bùyòng dāi zài zhè ge jiālǐ le 。wǒmen jiù dāng méi nǐ zhè ge érzi 。nǐ gěi wǒ gǔn ！gǔn ！
Great! You're ready to leave the nest now. Whatever your mom and dad say is just noise, huh?! Well, you don't need to hang around here any more. We'll just act like we don't have a son! Get the hell out of here!
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