John ignored my advice.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
置若罔闻
to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 置若罔闻 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 置若罔闻 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He turned a deaf ear to their request.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 置若罔闻.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 置若罔闻.
Directly before
- 建议置若罔闻1
- 请求置若罔闻1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 置若罔闻
What does 置若罔闻 mean in Chinese?
置若罔闻 (zhìruòwǎngwén) means to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear.
How do you pronounce 置若罔闻?
置若罔闻 is pronounced zhìruòwǎngwén.
Is 置若罔闻 an HSK word?
置若罔闻 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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