"Ears" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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耳畔 ěr pàn ears
五官 wǔ guān five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
捂住 wǔ zhù to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc)
耳目 ěr mù eyes and ears / sb's attention or notice / information / knowledge / spies
充耳不闻 chōng ěr bù wén to block one's ears and not listen (idiom) / to turn a deaf ear
疲于奔命 pí yú bēn mìng (idiom) terribly busy / up to one's ears in work
七窍 qī qiào the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
洗耳恭听 xǐ ěr gōng tīng to listen with respectful attention / (a polite request to sb to speak) / we are all ears
亲耳 qīn ěr with one's own ears
掩耳盗铃 yǎn ěr dào líng lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
乳臭未干 rǔ xiù wèi gān lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced / still wet behind the ears
抓耳挠腮 zhuā ěr náo sāi to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
少不更事 shào bù gēng shì (idiom) young and inexperienced / wet behind the ears
白面书生 bái miàn shū shēng lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom) / young and inexperienced person without practical experience / still wet behind the ears
打耳光 dǎ ěr guāng to slap on the face / to box sb's ears
耳聪目明 ěr cōng mù míng sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom) / keen and alert / perceptive
秀 xiù (bound form) refined / elegant / graceful / beautiful / (bound form) superior / excellent / (loanword) show / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of grain crops) to produce ears
耷 dā (literary) big ears / (bound form) to droop
聃 dān ears without rim
衄 nu:4 to bleed from the nose (or from the ears, gums etc) / fig. to be defeated
俯首帖耳 fǔ shǒu tiē ěr bowed head and ears glued (idiom) / docile and obedient / at sb's beck and call
对牛弹琴 duì niú tán qín lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head
忠言逆耳 zhōng yán nì ěr loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)
长生久视 cháng shēng jiǔ shì to grow old with unfailing eyes and ears (idiom)
执牛耳 zhí niú ěr to be the acknowledged leader (from the custom of a prince holding a plate on which lay the severed ears of a sacrificial bull at an alliance ceremony)
耳根清净 ěr gēn qīng jìng lit. ears pure and peaceful (idiom) / to stay away from the filth and unrest of the world
言犹在耳 yán yóu zài ěr words still ringing in one's ears (idiom)
中听 zhōng tīng pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news) / to one's liking / music to one's ears / Taiwan pr. [zhong4 ting1]
闭目塞听 bì mù sè tīng to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears / out of touch with reality / to bury one's head in the sand
刵 èr cutting off the ears as punishment
咡 èr space between mouth and ears
斝 jiǎ small jade cup with ears
吐穗 tǔ suì to have the ears of grain come up
甋 dì a jar without ears
做眼 zuò yǎn (in the game of Go) to make an "eye" / to serve as eyes and ears (i.e. go and seek out information) / to be a scout
塞耳 sāi ěr to block one's ears (not wishing to hear)
眼观六路耳听八方 yǎn guān liù lù ěr tīng bā fāng lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions / to be observant and alert (idiom)
竖起耳朵 shù qǐ ěr duo to prick up one's ears / to strain to hear sth
隔壁有耳 gé bì yǒu ěr walls have ears
七孔 qī kǒng the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
九窍 jiǔ qiào nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
眼观四面，耳听八方 yǎn guān sì miàn , ěr tīng bā fāng lit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom) / fig. to be observant and alert
扇风耳朵 shān fēng ěr duo protruding ears
隔墙有耳 gé qiáng yǒu ěr the walls have ears (idiom)
分身乏术 fēn shēn fá shù to be up to one's ears in work (idiom) / to be unable to attend to other things at the same time
招风耳 zhāo fēng ěr jug ears
虱子多了不痒，债多了不愁 shī zi duō le bù yǎng , zhài duō le bù chóu lit. when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore, and when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (saying) / fig. to be past worrying (about sth)
隔空喊话 gé kōng hǎn huà to converse with sb by shouting from some distance away / (fig.) to say sth intended for the ears of sb who is not in one's presence (often, by making a public statement or by posting online)
债多不愁 zhài duō - bù chóu lit. when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom) / fig. to be past worrying (about sth)
百口莫辩 bǎi kǒu - mò biàn (idiom) (of sb unfairly accused) to have all one's protestations fall on deaf ears / to be unable to convince sb of one's innocence
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