in at one ear and out the other

in at one ear and out the other

Ma er Dong Feng, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m ǎě Rd ō NGF ē ng, which means to take other people's words as the wind in the ear. It's from "answering the king's twelve cold nights and drinking alone".

The origin of Idioms

Li Bai of Tang Dynasty wrote a poem: "when people hear this, they all turn around. It's like an east wind shooting at a horse's ear."

Analysis of Idioms

It's easy to be deaf and indifferent

Idiom usage

To take someone else's words for granted. Let's talk about Mr. Xiang Shichao. (song Sushi's poem "he He Jun Jun Liu Yan"