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置之不理

zhì zhī bù lǐ

4-character word

What 置之不理 means

1. to pay no heed to (idiom)
2. to ignore
3. to brush aside

The characters in 置之不理

• 置zhìto install; to place; to put
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 理lǐtexture; grain (of wood); inner essence

Example sentences

• 我不知道对那个家伙该怎么办。不论我对他生多大的气, 他就是蛮不在乎而且置之不理。
  Wǒ bù zhīdào duì nàge jiāhuo gāi zěnmebàn. bù lùn wǒ duì tā shēng duōdà de qì, tā jiùshì mán bù zàihu érqiě zhìzhībùlǐ.
  I don't know what to do with that guy. No matter how mad I get at him he just takes it in stride and pays no attention.