置若罔闻 — Chinese idiom
置若罔闻
zhì ruò wǎng wén
Traditional: 置若罔聞
Meaning
- to turn a deaf ear to ; to pretend not to hear
Character by character
- 置zhìto lay out, to place, to set aside
- 若ruòif, supposing, assuming; similar
- 罔wǎngnone; to deceive; to slander
- 闻wénnews; to hear, to smell; to make known
Idioms sharing a character
- 姑置勿论 gū zhì wù lùn
- 推心置腹 tuī xīn zhì fù
- 措置裕如 cuò zhì yù rú
- 本末倒置 běn mò dào zhì
- 漠然置之 mò rán zhì zhī
- 无可置疑 wú kě zhì yí
- 无容置疑 wú róng zhì yí
- 置之不问 zhì zhī bù wèn
- 置之不理 zhì zhī bù lǐ
- 置诸高阁 zhì zhū gāo gé
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