耳边风

耳邊風
ěrbiānfēng
noun #24,936

Meanings

  1. 1 wind past the ear
  2. 2 something ignored or disregarded
  3. 3 in one ear and out the other

Examples

Tā bǎ māma de quàngào dāng chéng ěrbiānfēng.
He treated his mother's advice as wind past the ear — completely ignored.
Lǎoshī de huà bùnéng dāng ěrbiānfēng.
You cannot treat the teacher's words as something to ignore.

Tips

usage
耳边风 is always used in the construction ()耳边风 — 'to treat as wind by the ear,' meaning to completely disregard what someone says. The image is of wind blowing past your ear without entering. It implies deliberate or careless inattention.

Stroke Order

ěr
biān
fēng