马耳东风 — Chinese idiom
马耳东风
mǎ ěr dōng fēng
Traditional: 馬耳東風
Meaning
- (lit.) the east wind blowing in a horse's ear
- (fig.) words one pays no heed to
Character by character
- 马mǎhorse; surname
- 耳ěrear; to hear, to hear of; handle
- 东dōngeast, eastern, eastward
- 风fēngwind; air; customs, manners; news
Idioms sharing a character
- 一马平川 yī mǎ píng chuān
- 一马当先 yī mǎ dāng xiān
- 中箭落马 zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
- 五马分尸 wǔ mǎ fēn shī
- 人仰马翻 rén yǎng mǎ fān
- 人喊马嘶 rén hǎn mǎ sī
- 人困马乏 rén kùn mǎ fá
- 兵强马壮 bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng
- 兵荒马乱 bīng huāng mǎ luàn
- 北叟失马 běi sǒu shī mǎ
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