无动于衷

wú dòng yú zhōng

HSK 7–9

Meaning

指对应该关心、注意的事情毫不关心，置之不理；心里一点不受感动。

Unmoved; indifferent; showing no response to something that should evoke a reaction.

多用于形容对别人的痛苦、不幸或令人感动的事情没有反应，麻木不仁。

Often used to describe someone who is unresponsive to others' suffering, misfortune, or touching events, showing apathy or callousness.

1 看到别人的苦难，他却无动于衷。 (He was unmoved by others' suffering.)
2 对于这样的请求，他竟然无动于衷。 (He was indifferent to such a request.)
3 无论你怎么劝，他都无动于衷。 (No matter how you persuade him, he remains unmoved.)
4 面对如此感人的场面，她却无动于衷。 (Faced with such a touching scene, she was indifferent.)
5 他对批评无动于衷，依然我行我素。 (He was impervious to criticism and went his own way.)

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