置若罔闻置若罔聞

zhì ruò wǎng wén

Meaning

to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear

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Characters

置zhìto lay out, to place, to set aside罒直若ruòif, supposing, assuming; similar艹右罔wǎngnone; to deceive; to slander⺳一亡闻wénnews; to hear, to smell; to make known门耳

Examples

他对他们的请求置若罔闻。

Tā duì tā men de qǐng qiú zhì ruò wǎng wén.

He turned a deaf ear to their request.