充耳不聞

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Chinese

fill; satisfy; fulfil
fill; satisfy; fulfil; to act in place of; substitute; sufficient; full
 
ear not; no
hear; news; celebrated
hear; news; celebrated; sniff at
 
trad. (充耳不聞)
simp. (充耳不闻)
Literally: “to stuff one's ears and pretend not to hear”.

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Idiom

充耳不聞

  1. to turn a deaf ear