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借咗聾耳陳隻耳
  ze3 zo2 lung4 ji5 can4 zek3 ji5   jyutping
  jie4 zuo5 long2 er3 chen2 zhi1 er3   pinyin
turn a deaf ear to; give no heed to; ignore sb's advice; pretend not to hear
[lit] borrow an ear from the deaf Mr Chan

Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
借咗聾耳陳隻耳 / 借咗聋耳陈只耳

This word has been viewed 1911 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 22nd Aug 2009 05:53 and last edited on 9th Jan 2010 13:55
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Characters in this word:

 ze3  -  borrow; lend
 zo2  -  already
 lung4  -  deaf; hard of hearing
 ji5  -  ear
 can4  -  arrange, display; state, explain; stale
 zek3  -  classifier for animals & containers
 ji5  -  ear
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