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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不问 [búwèn]
  1. 1. pay no attention to; disregard; ignore
    不问年龄大小
    irrespective of age
    不问事实真相
    ignore the facts
    不问是非曲直
    make no distinction between right and wrong; not look into the rights and wrongs of the case
  2. 2. let go unpunished; let off
    胁从不问
    Those who acted under duress shall go unpunished.

Examples

采取不闻不问的态度
adopt a "none of my business" attitude 不闻不问
不问年龄大小
irrespective of age 不问
不问事实真相
ignore the facts 不问
不问是非曲直
make no distinction between right and wrong; not look into the rights and wrongs of the case 不问
胁从不问
Those who acted under duress shall go unpunished. 不问
他埋头于故纸堆中,不问世事。
He buried himself in his musty old books and took no notice of the outside world. 故纸堆
不问情由
without asking about the circumstances or causes 情由
做事不能只凭动机,不问效果。
Actions shouldn't be guided solely by motive without any attention to effect. 做事
他说想散尽家财后归隐山林, 不问世事。
He said that he was going to distribute his property to others and move to the woods, not concerned with secular affairs any more. 家财
一发生矛盾你就不问原因不论是非地向着自己的老乡, 这不是拉偏手吗?!
Whenever conflict happens, you are partial to your fellow villagers, regardless of reason or right and wrong. 拉偏手儿

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