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置之不理

/ʈ͡ʂɻ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɻ̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
to ignore; to brush aside; to pay no heed to
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    The phrase describes leaving something—like a piece of jade—unpolished and neglected, signifying a refusal to attend to it.
    The phrase describes leaving something—like a piece of jade—unpolished and neglected, signifying a refusal to attend to it.

    Origin

    The phrase is formed from four characters. The character 置 means to put, to place, or to plant; it contains the semantic component 网 (net) and the phonetic component 直 (straight; linear; undeviating). The character 之 means to go, composed of the components 止 (foot) and 一 (one).

    The character 不 means not, un-, in-, il-, im-, or ir-. The final character, 理, means to cut and polish jade. It is composed of the semantic component 玉 (jade) and the phonetic component 里 (li, a unit of distance). The character 里 itself consists of the components 田 (farmland) and 土 (earth; soil).

    Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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    • characterChinese置 “to put; to place; to plant”
      • meaningChinese网 “net”
      • soundChinese直 “straight; linear; undeviating”
        • ideaChinese目 “eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)”
        • ideaChinese丨 “To connect vertically; to pass through from top to bottom.”
    • characterChinese之 “to go”
      • ideaChinese止 “foot”
      • ideaChinese一 “one”
    • characterChinese不 “not; un-; in-; il-; im-; ir-”
    • characterChinese理 “to cut and polish jade”
      • meaningChinese玉 “jade (originally nephrite, now also including jadeite)”
      • soundChinese里 “li (a unit of distance equal to half a kilometre in modern Mainland China)”
        • ideaChinese田 “farmland (Classifier: 塊／块 m c)”
        • ideaChinese土 “earth; soil”
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    Meanings

    phrase
    1. to ignore; to brush aside; to pay no heed to

    國語辭典 definitions

    1. 放在一旁，不加理會。 例：她對旁人的閒言閒語一向置之不理，堅持以自己的方式過生活。

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    Sources

    • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
    • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
    • Written form — n/a
    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0