粵

借ze3咗zo2聾lung4耳ji5陳can4隻zek3耳ji5

simp借咗聋耳陈只耳
ze3 zo2 lung4 ji5 can4 zek3 ji5ze3 zo2 lung4 ji5 can2 zek3 ji5jiè zuo lóng ěr chén zhī ěr

English

  1. turn on a deaf ear; pretend not to hear (slang)
  2. to pretend not to hear; to behave as if one has not heard someone; to ignore someone else's opinion or advice; literally: to have borrowed the ear of Chan the deaf man

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 扮聽唔到人哋嘅建議或者意見，置諸不理

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

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