聽而不聞

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See also: 听而不闻

Chinese

let; allow; listen
let; allow; listen; hear; obey
 
and; as well as; but (not)
and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
 
 not; no
hear; news; celebrated
hear; news; celebrated; sniff at
 
trad. (聽而不聞) 聽 而 不 聞
simp. (听而不闻) 听 而 不 闻

Etymology

From the Great Learning (《大學》) in the Book of Rites:

心不在焉，視而不見，聽而不聞，食而不知其味。此謂修身在正其心。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
心不在焉，视而不见，听而不闻，食而不知其味。此谓修身在正其心。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Xīn bùzài yān, shì ér bù jiàn, tīng ér bù wén, shí ér bùzhī qí wèi. Cǐ wèi xiūshēn zài zhèng qí xīn.
When the mind is not present, we look without seeing; we hear without understanding; and we eat and do not know the taste of what we eat. This is what is meant by saying that the cultivation of the person depends on the rectifying of the mind.

Pronunciation

Idiom

聽而不聞

  1. to hear but not pay attention or care; to turn a deaf ear; to be indifferent

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