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漠然置之

mò rán zhì zhī

4-character word

What 漠然置之 means

1. to set to one side and ignore (idiom); quite indifferent
2. cold and uncaring

The characters in 漠然置之

• 漠mòdesert; unconcerned
• 然ráncorrect; right; so
• 置zhìto install; to place; to put
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her

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