turn a deaf ear to

turn a deaf ear to

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R ú f ē nggu òě R, which means like the wind blowing in the ear. It means indifference and irrelevant. It comes from Zhao Ye's Wu Yue Chun Qiu Wu Wang Shou Meng Zhuan.

Idiom usage

After listening to these words, Feng sun felt as if he had passed the wind and didn't care at all.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: autumn wind passing through the ear

The origin of Idioms

Zhao Ye of Han Dynasty wrote in Wu Yue Chun Qiu · biography of Wu Wang Shou Meng: "wealth to me is like autumn wind."

Idiom explanation

Like the wind in my ear. It means indifference and irrelevant.