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Open the tool →蚊虻过耳 (wén méng guò ěr) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to disregard something as insignificant and fleeting”.
蚊虻过耳 is pronounced wén méng guò ěr in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 蚊虻过耳 means “Mosquitoes and gnats passing by the ear”. It is used to mean “to disregard something as insignificant and fleeting”.
蚊虻:吸血的昆虫。比喻倏然已过,不足挂怀