耳旁风

耳旁風
ěrpángfēng
noun #29,988

Meanings

  1. 1 in one ear and out the other
  2. 2 words that go unheeded
  3. 3 wind passing by the ear

Examples

Wǒ shuō le duōshǎo cì, tā dōu dāng ěrpángfēng.
No matter how many times I said it, it went in one ear and out the other for him.
Fùmǔ de quàngào duì tā lái shuō dōu shì ěrpángfēng.
His parents' advice was all wind passing by his ear — completely ignored.

Tips

memory
Picture wind blowing past your ear , not going in — the perfect image for advice that is simply not registered. Used with (to treat as) or 当做 almost exclusively.

Stroke Order

ěr
páng
fēng