听之任之 — Chinese idiom
听之任之
tīng zhī rèn zhī
Traditional: 聽之任之
Meaning
- to take a laissez-faire attitude; to turn a blind eye (towards sth undesirable)
Character by character
- 听tīngto hear, to listen; to understand; to obey
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 任rènto trust, to rely on; to appoint; to bear; duty, o
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
Idioms sharing a character
- 以正视听 yǐ zhèng shì tīng
- 危言耸听 wēi yán sǒng tīng
- 垂帘听政 chuí lián tīng zhèng
- 妄言妄听 wàng yán wàng tīng
- 娓娓动听 wěi wěi dòng tīng
- 屡劝不听 lǚ quàn bù tīng
- 悉听尊便 xī tīng zūn biàn
- 混淆视听 hùn xiáo shì tīng
- 耸人听闻 sǒng rén tīng wén
- 听天安命 tīng tiān ān mìng
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