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

HSK 2
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.
HSK 7-9
Fùmǔ de quàngào duì tā láishuō 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