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兩耳不聞窗外事
简 两耳不闻窗外事 · 繁 兩耳不聞窗外事Mandarin · pinyin liǎng ěr bù wén chuāng wài shì
Meanings
- to pay no attention to outside matters
Characters in this entry
- 兩
- liǎng · two, both, pair, couple; ounce
- 耳
- ěr · ear; merely, only; handle; Kangxi radical 128
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 聞
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- 窗
- chuāng · window
- 外
- wài · out, outside, external; foreign
- 事
- shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- 两
- liǎng · two, both, pair, couple; ounce
- 闻
- wén · hear; smell; make known; news
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Mandarin tones
3–3–4–2–1–4–4 · liang3 er3 bu4 wen2 chuang1 wai4 shi4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
loeng5 ji5 bat1 man4 coeng1 ngoi6 si6
Cantonese word readings for 兩耳不聞窗外事. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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loeng5 ji5 bat1 man4 coeng1 ngoi6 si6
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