粵

耳ji5邊bin1風fung1

simp耳边风
ji5 bin1 fung1ěr biān fēng

English

  1. lit. wind past your ear
  2. fig. sth you don't pay much attention to
  3. in one ear and out the other
  4. gibberish; meaningless words or message; nonsense; wind by the ear

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 令人覺得唔啱聽於是刻意唔理嘅説話

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。

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 他總是把父親的話當作耳邊風。

    He never takes any notice of what his father says.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 她把她父親的話都當成了耳邊風。

    She took no notice of what her father said.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 你當我講嘅嘢係耳邊風?

    You think what I have told you is gibberish, don't you?

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

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