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TOPIK 5noun

마이동풍

maidongpung

마이동풍이 · 마이동풍을

in one ear and out the other; turning a deaf ear

Example

아무리 충고해도 그 사람에게는 마이동풍이에요.

No matter how much advice you give him, it goes in one ear and out the other.

Word parts

마 horse이 ear동 east풍 wind

Literally 'an east wind blowing past a horse's ear'; the horse doesn't care.

Good to know

Native equivalent: 쇠귀에 경 읽기 'reading scripture into a cow's ear.'