充耳不闻

充耳不聞

chōng'ěr-bùwén

idiom #27,790

Meanings

HSK 7-9

他对朋友的忠告充耳不闻，最后后悔莫及。

Tā duì péngyou de zhōnggào chōng'ěr-bùwén, zuìhòu hòuhuǐ-mòjí.

He turned a deaf ear to his friend's advice and ended up regretting it deeply.

HSK 7-9

政府对民众的呼声充耳不闻，引起了广泛不满。

Zhèngfǔ duì mínzhòng de hūshēng chōng'ěr-bùwén, yǐnqǐ le guǎngfàn bùmǎn.

The government's indifference to public voices caused widespread discontent.

memory

充 = stuff/fill, 耳 = ear, 不 = not, 闻 = hear. Picture someone stuffing their ears full so they literally cannot hear - 'ears stuffed, hearing nothing'.

充 chōng

耳 ěr

不 bù

闻 wén