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.]

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎ'ěrdōngfēng [Phonetic: máěrdōngfēng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄦˇ ㄉㄨㄥㄈㄥ
  - 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

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])[1]
IPA^(key): [ba̠ʑito̞ːɸɯ̟ᵝː]

Idiom

馬(ば)耳(じ)東(とう)風(ふう) • (bajitōfū)

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

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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