"聽而不聞" meaning in Chinese

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        "1": "心.不在.焉，視.而.不.見，聽.而.不.聞 ，食 而 不知 其 味。此 謂 修身 在 正 其 心。",
        "2": "When the mind is not present, we look without seeing; we hear without understanding; and we eat and do not know the taste of what we eat. This is what is meant by saying that the cultivation of the person depends on the rectifying of the mind.",
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      "expansion": "心不在焉，視而不見，聽而不聞，食而不知其味。此謂修身在正其心。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]心不在焉，视而不见，听而不闻，食而不知其味。此谓修身在正其心。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Book of Rites, c. 4ᵗʰ – 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nXīn bùzài yān, shì ér bù jiàn, tīng ér bù wén, shí ér bùzhī qí wèi. Cǐ wèi xiūshēn zài zhèng qí xīn. [Pinyin]\nWhen the mind is not present, we look without seeing; we hear without understanding; and we eat and do not know the taste of what we eat. This is what is meant by saying that the cultivation of the person depends on the rectifying of the mind.",
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  "etymology_text": "From the Great Learning (《大學》) in the Book of Rites:\n:\n心不在焉，視而不見，聽而不聞，食而不知其味。此謂修身在正其心。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]心不在焉，视而不见，听而不闻，食而不知其味。此谓修身在正其心。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Book of Rites, c. 4ᵗʰ – 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nXīn bùzài yān, shì ér bù jiàn, tīng ér bù wén, shí ér bùzhī qí wèi. Cǐ wèi xiūshēn zài zhèng qí xīn. [Pinyin]\nWhen the mind is not present, we look without seeing; we hear without understanding; and we eat and do not know the taste of what we eat. This is what is meant by saying that the cultivation of the person depends on the rectifying of the mind.",
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        "to hear but not pay attention or care; to turn a deaf ear; to be indifferent"
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          "roman": "shì'érbùjiàn",
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        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄧㄥ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄣˊ"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "ting¹ ji⁴ bat¹ man⁴"
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      "zh-pron": "tīng'érbùwén"
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      "zh-pron": "ting-érbùwún"
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      "zh-pron": "tʻing¹-êrh²-pu⁴-wên²"
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      "zh-pron": "tīng-ér-bù-wén"
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      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "tingerlbuwen"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "тинъэрбувэнь"
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "tinʺerbuvɛnʹ"
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    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ wən³⁵/",
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      "zh-pron": "tīng yìh bāt màhn"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ting¹ ji⁴ bat⁷ man⁴"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "zh-pron": "ting¹ yi⁴ bed¹ men⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɪŋ⁵⁵ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ mɐn²¹/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ wən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɪŋ⁵⁵ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ mɐn²¹/"
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  "word": "聽而不聞"
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        "1": "心.不在.焉，視.而.不.見，聽.而.不.聞 ，食 而 不知 其 味。此 謂 修身 在 正 其 心。",
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      "expansion": "心不在焉，視而不見，聽而不聞，食而不知其味。此謂修身在正其心。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]心不在焉，视而不见，听而不闻，食而不知其味。此谓修身在正其心。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Book of Rites, c. 4ᵗʰ – 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nXīn bùzài yān, shì ér bù jiàn, tīng ér bù wén, shí ér bùzhī qí wèi. Cǐ wèi xiūshēn zài zhèng qí xīn. [Pinyin]\nWhen the mind is not present, we look without seeing; we hear without understanding; and we eat and do not know the taste of what we eat. This is what is meant by saying that the cultivation of the person depends on the rectifying of the mind.",
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      "roman": "shì'érbùjiàn",
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        "to hear but not pay attention or care; to turn a deaf ear; to be indifferent"
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      "zh-pron": "ting¹ ji⁴ bat¹ man⁴"
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      "zh-pron": "tīng'érbùwén"
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      "zh-pron": "tinʺerbuvɛnʹ"
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      "zh-pron": "tīng yìh bāt màhn"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "ting¹ ji⁴ bat⁷ man⁴"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "zh-pron": "ting¹ yi⁴ bed¹ men⁴"
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      "ipa": "/tʰɪŋ⁵⁵ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ mɐn²¹/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ wən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɪŋ⁵⁵ jiː²¹ pɐt̚⁵ mɐn²¹/"
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  "word": "聽而不聞"
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