充耳不闻 — Chinese idiom
充耳不闻
chōng ěr bù wén
Traditional: 充耳不聞
Meaning
- to block one's ears and not listen ; to turn a deaf ear
Character by character
- 充chōngto fill, to supply; to be full
- 耳ěrear; to hear, to hear of; handle
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 闻wénnews; to hear, to smell; to make known
Idioms sharing a character
- 汗牛充栋 hàn niú chōng dòng
- 漏脯充饥 lòu fǔ chōng jī
- 滥竽充数 làn yú chōng shù
- 画饼充饥 huà bǐng chōng jī
- 装傻充愣 zhuāng shǎ chōng lèng
- 不堪入耳 bù kān rù ěr
- 俯首帖耳 fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
- 如雷贯耳 rú léi guàn ěr
- 忠言逆耳 zhōng yán nì ěr
- 抓耳挠腮 zhuā ěr náo sāi
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