- to pay no attention to outside matters
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to pay no attention to outside matters
This phrase is used to describe someone who is completely absorbed in their own affairs and ignores everything happening around them.
He is so focused on studying that he pays no attention to outside matters.
Some people are so engrossed in reading that they pay no attention to outside matters, being fully concentrated.
Generated collocations (experimental)
liǎng ěr bù wén chuāng wài shì两耳不闻窗外事to pay no attention to outside matterszhuān xīn zhì zhì专心致志to concentrate fullymái tóu kǔ gàn埋头苦干to work hard without distractionxīn wú páng wù心无旁骛to be single-mindedzhuān xīn专心zhì致zhì志Yú于mǒu shì某事to focus intently on somethingquán shén guàn zhù全神贯注to be wholly absorbedzì gù zì自顾自to be self-absorbedzhǐ gù只顾zì jǐ自己to think only of oneself