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Chinese idioms like 「漠然置之」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.

Today, we explore the idiom 「漠然置之」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

Place: put. Put it aside very coldly. It means to be indifferent to people or things and ignore them.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

mò rán zhì zhī

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

mok6 yin4 ji3 ji1

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