睜隻眼閉隻眼
[Pin Yin] Zheng1 Zhi1 Yan3 Bi4 Zhi1 Yan3
To pretend to know nothing about something unethical or improper.
Imagine this face: when you open one eye and close when eye, it's like you are appeasing something you have known. You may use this slang when you beg someone to forgive: "Please open one eye and close one eye. (請您睜隻眼閉隻眼吧！)"
[Example]
她對丈夫的外遇睜隻眼閉隻眼。
She pretend not to know about her husband's illegal love affair.
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One's ears are soft
耳根（子）軟
[Pin Yin] Er3 Gen1 Zi3 Ruan3
If someone is very receptive to other's opinion, or don't know how to tell right from wrong while listening to others, we can say "his/her ears are soft".
"耳根" actually means the roots of ears, the small parts connecting one's ears and head.
[Example]
她的耳根子很軟，誰跟她求情，她都不忍拒絕。
She is so receptive that she will not reject whomever begging for her forgiveness.
[Pin Yin] Er3 Gen1 Zi3 Ruan3
If someone is very receptive to other's opinion, or don't know how to tell right from wrong while listening to others, we can say "his/her ears are soft".
"耳根" actually means the roots of ears, the small parts connecting one's ears and head.
[Example]
她的耳根子很軟，誰跟她求情，她都不忍拒絕。
She is so receptive that she will not reject whomever begging for her forgiveness.
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