粵

置zi3之zi1不bat1理lei5

zi3 zi1 bat1 lei5zhi4zhi1bu4li3zhì zhī bù lǐ

English

  1. to pay no heed to (idiom)
  2. (verb) Brush off
  3. to ignore
  4. to brush aside
  5. to ignore; to put aside

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 忽視、擱置一啲嘢

Examples

  • 我不知道對那個傢伙該怎麼辦。不論我對他生多大的氣, 他就是蠻不在乎而且置之不理。

    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.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 一放暑假佢就掛住玩,將啲暑期作業置諸不理。

    He only cares about playing once the summer holiday starts that all the summer exercises have been put aside.

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

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