turn a deaf ear to

turn a deaf ear to

Turn a deaf ear, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ō ng ě RB ù w é n, which means stop your ears and don't listen. I don't listen to other people's opinions. It comes from the book of songs, the wind and the mound.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of songs, Zhufeng, zhuqiu: "Uncle Xi, uncle Xi, sleeve like ear filling."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] ignore, pretend to be deaf and dumb

Idiom usage

Here, yuan Bozhen just pretends to, and at the same time he gives a notice to collect the donation according to the household. The ninth chapter of Wu Mingshi's Officialdom reform in Qing Dynasty