馬耳東風

Chinese

horse; surname ear easterly wind; 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.][▼ expand/hide]
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
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: mǎ'ěrdōngfēng [Phonetic: máěrdōngfēng]
      • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄦˇ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄥ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maaeeldongfeng
      • IPA (key): /ma̠²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
  • Min Nan
    • (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

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

Idiom

馬耳東風 (hiragana ばじとうふう, rōmaji bajitōfū)

  1. not the least bit concerned; completely indifferent

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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