借聾耳陳隻耳

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Chinese

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to lend; to borrow; excuse
to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of
 
a fictional deaf person with surname Chan (a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single ear
trad. (借聾耳陳隻耳) 聾耳陳
simp. (借聋耳陈只耳) 聋耳陈
Literally: “to borrow Deaf-eared Chan's ear”.

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借⫽聾耳陳隻耳 (verb-object)

  1. (Cantonese) to turn a deaf ear; to pretend not to hear; to ignore someone's advice or opinion
    係咪聾耳陳隻耳 [Cantonese, trad.]
    系咪聋耳陈只耳 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 hai6 mai6 ze3 zo2 lung4 ji5 can4-2 zek3 ji5 aa3? [Jyutping]
    Are you deaf? / Are you even listening to me?