be indifferent ⇒ 他对与己无关的事情一概不闻不问。 Tā duì yǔ jǐ wúguān de shìqing yīgài bù wén bù wèn. → He's indifferent to anything that doesn't have a bearing on him.
充耳不闻
turn a deaf ear
博闻强记
be learned
听而不闻
turn a deaf ear
喜闻乐见
love to be entertained by ⇒ 说书是中国人喜闻乐见的民间艺术。 Shuōshū shì Zhōngguórén xǐ wén lè jiàn de mínjiān yìshù. → Story-telling is a folk art much loved by the Chinese.
孤陋寡闻
out of touch
置若罔闻
shut one's eyes to ⇒ 地方官员对中央政府下文置若罔闻。 Dìfāng guānyuán duì zhōngyāng zhèngfǔ xiàwén zhì ruò wáng wén. → Local officials shut their eyes to memos from the central government.
耳闻目睹
witness ... first-hand
耸人听闻
sensationalize
花边新闻
tabloid gossip
遐迩闻名
( 书 ) be known far and wide
闻风丧胆
tremble with fear on hearing the news ⇒ 这批勇猛的缉毒警令毒品贩子闻风丧胆。 Zhè pī yǒngměng de jīdújǐng lìng dúpǐn fànzi wén fēng sàng dǎn. → The drug dealers trembled with fear when they heard about the courageous drugs squad.
闻风而动
act at once on hearing the news ⇒ 记者的"嗅觉"特别灵敏,总能闻风而动。 Jìzhě de "xiùjué" tèbié língmǐn, zǒng néng wén fēng ér dòng. → The reporter had a particularly good journalistic nose and always acted quickly on a story.