粵

當dong3耳ji5邊bin1風fung1

simp当耳边风
dong3 ji5 bin1 fung1dàng ěr biān fēng

English

  1. lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear
  2. pay no heed to; fallen on deaf ears
  3. fig. to completely disregard
  4. to ignore a piece of advice or warning; literally: to treat as wind past the ears

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 當建議或者警告係喺耳邊吹過嘅風,比喻刻意忽略呢啲説話

Examples

  • 我叫咗渠做埋功課先去同朋友仔玩㗎啦,點知個衰仔當耳邊風,今朝返學咪畀搣時省囉。

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  • 我講咩佢都當耳邊風㗎啦,有用咩?

    Whatever I say is useless as he just pays no heed to it.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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