馬耳東風

Chinese

		horse; surname	ear	easterly; spring wind
trad. (馬耳東風)		馬	耳	東風
simp. (马耳东风)		马	耳	东风

Etymology

From a poem by Li Bai:

世人聞此皆掉頭，有如東風射馬耳。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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世人闻此皆掉头，有如东风射马耳。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Tang dynasty, Li Bai, 《答王十二寒夜獨酌有懷》

Shìrén wén cǐ jiē diàotóu, yǒu rú dōngfēng shè mǎ ěr. [Pinyin]

When the people of this world hear this, all shake their heads,
As if the east wind shot through the horse’s ear.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎ'ěrdōngfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄦˇ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄥ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): má-ní-tong-hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎ'ěrdōngfēng [Phonetic: máěrdōngfēng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄦˇ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎ-ěrdongfong
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-êrh³-tung¹-fêng¹
    • Yale: mǎ-ěr-dūng-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maaeeldongfeng
    • Palladius: маэрдунфэн (maerdunfɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: má-ní-tong-hong
    • Tâi-lô: má-ní-tong-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mafny'donghofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ³³ hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

馬耳東風

1. not the least bit concerned; completely indifferent

Synonyms

• 耳邊風／耳边风 (ěrbiānfēng)
• 耳旁風／耳旁风 (ěrpángfēng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
馬	耳	東	風
ば Grade: 2	じ Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2	ふう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ば​じとーふう [báꜜjìtòòfùù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ba̠ʑito̞ːɸɯ̟ᵝː]

Idiom

馬(ば)耳(じ)東(とう)風(ふう) • (bajitōfū) 

1. not the least bit concerned; completely indifferent

   Synonyms: 豚に真珠, 犬に論語, 猫に小判, 馬の耳に念仏