listen but not hear(tīng ér bú wén)
listen but not hear
Listening without hearing, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ī ng é RB ù w é n, meaning to hear as if not heard; describes indifference, indifference. From Laozi.
Notes on Idioms
Wen: listen.
The origin of Idioms
Chapter 14 of Lao Tzu: "if you don't listen to it, you will be called Xi."
Idiom usage
It's more formal; it's predicate and attribute; it's derogatory. Example the book of rites · University: "absent minded, blind, deaf, eating without knowing its taste." She just wanted to learn lessons, but she didn't listen. (the 90th chapter of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty). (Helen Keller, if you give me three days of light)
Chinese PinYin : tīng ér bú wén
listen but not hear
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