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耳旁风

ěr páng fēng

3-character word Traditional 耳旁風

What 耳旁风 means

1. lit. wind past your ear
2. fig. sth you don't pay much attention to
3. in one ear and out the other

The characters in 耳旁风

• 耳ěrear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
• 旁pángone side; other; different
• 风fēngwind; news; style

Words containing 耳旁风

• 当耳旁风dàng ěr páng fēnglit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear; fig. to completely disregard