漠然置之

Chinese

		indifferent; apathetic; cold	to install; to place; to put	's; him/her/it; this
trad. (漠然置之)		漠然	置	之
simp. #(漠然置之)		漠然	置	之

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mòránzhìzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄓˋ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶ jin⁴ zi³ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mòránzhìzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄓˋ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mòránjhìhjhih
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴-jan²-chih⁴-chih¹
    • Yale: mwò-rán-jr̀-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohranjyhjy
    • Palladius: можаньчжичжи (možanʹčžičži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʐän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mok⁶ jin⁴ zi³ zi¹
    • Yale: mohk yìhn ji jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹ jin⁴ dzi³ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶ yin⁴ ji³ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚² jiːn²¹ t͡siː³³ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

漠然置之

1. to show indifference to; to turn a blind eye

   • 見群眾不宣傳，不鼓動，不演說，不調查，不詢問，不關心其痛癢，漠然置之。 [MSC, trad.]
     见群众不宣传，不鼓动，不演说，不调查，不询问，不关心其痛痒，漠然置之。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《反對自由主義》 (Combat Liberalism), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Jiàn qúnzhòng bù xuānchuán, bù gǔdòng, bù yǎnshuō, bù diàochá, bù xúnwèn, bù guānxīn qí tòngyǎng, mòránzhìzhī. [Pinyin]

     To be among the masses and fail to conduct propaganda and agitation or speak at meetings or conduct investigations and inquiries among them, and instead to be indifferent to them and show no concern for their well-being.