To be deaf
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi à s à sh à NGL ó ng, which means that the lower part is blocked and the upper part is deaf; it means that the real situation cannot be uploaded. From the song of Zichan not destroying the rural school.
Notes on Idioms
Plug: it's blocked. Deafness: hearing loss of the ear.
The origin of Idioms
Han Yu's Ode to Zichan not destroying the rural school in Tang Dynasty: "Sichuan cannot be prevented, words cannot be eliminated. It's hard to be deaf from the bottom of the Great Wall
To be deaf
one 's heart is like dead ashes -- utterly dissipated - xīn rú hán huī