两耳不闻窗外事

liǎng ěr bù wén chuāng wài shì

to pay no attention to outside matters

两

liǎng

two

耳

ěr

ear

不

bù

no; not so

闻

wén

to hear

窗

chuāng

variant of 窗[chuang1]

外

wài

outside

事

shì

matter