耳邊風

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

CEDICT

unheeded advice; words that one doesn't pay much attention to

Wiktionary

耳邊的風。語本漢．趙曄《吳越春秋．吳王壽夢傳》：「富貴之於我，如秋風之過耳。」後比喻對所聽到的事毫不關心。唐．杜荀鶴〈題贈兜率寺閑上人院〉詩：「百歲有涯頭上雪，萬般無染耳邊風。」也作「耳旁風」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 耳邊 ěrbiān by one's ear
2 風 fēng
  1. wind
  2. news
  3. style
  4. custom
  5. manner

classifiers: 陣, 絲

Containing this entry

當耳邊風 dàngěrbiānfēng
  1. lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear
  2. fig. to completely disregard

Related entries

耳旁風 ěrpángfēng
  1. lit. wind past your ear
  2. fig. sth you don't pay much attention to
  3. in one ear and out the other
左耳入，右耳出 zuǒěrrù,yòuěrchū in one ear and out the other