Using your mouth to listen to the sound of an axe chopping a tree echoing loudly.
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听而不闻
听而不闻
to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
- 。
He turned a deaf ear to me.
- 貳动verb
to ignore deliberately
- 。
He deliberately ignored what I said.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 而(beard; whiskers (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A drooping beard drawn downward became the connective word meaning "and, but, moreover" in sentences.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 門(door; opening)RADICAL
- 耳(ear)ASSOCIATIVE
Pressing your ear to the door lets you eavesdrop on news from inside.
听而不闻
Traditional聽而不聞
to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
- 。
He turned a deaf ear to me.
- 貳动verb
to ignore deliberately
- 。
He deliberately ignored what I said.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 而(beard; whiskers (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A drooping beard drawn downward became the connective word meaning "and, but, moreover" in sentences.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 門(door; opening)RADICAL
- 耳(ear)ASSOCIATIVE
Pressing your ear to the door lets you eavesdrop on news from inside.
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