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掩耳盗铃【yǎn ěr dào líng】

lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell
to deceive oneself
to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)

汉语词典Chinese definitions

掩耳盗铃【yǎn ěr dào líng, yá něr dào líng】

chéng yǔ成语

zì qī qī rén自欺欺人

Nā那Pà怕zài再niàn念sān shí三十běn本《Shī jīng诗经》，Yě也shì是yǎn ěr dào líng掩耳盗铃，hōng哄rén人ér yǐ而已。
tā他suī虽yòng用líng绫zhē gài遮盖，yǐ以yǎn掩Zhòng众rén人ěr mù耳目，nǎ zhī那知què shì却是yǎn ěr dào líng掩耳盗铃。

掩耳盗铃【yǎn ěr dào líng】

lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell
to deceive oneself
to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)

汉语词典Chinese definitions

掩耳盗铃【yǎn ěr dào líng, yá něr dào líng】

chéng yǔ成语

zì qī qī rén自欺欺人

Nā那Pà怕zài再niàn念sān shí三十běn本《Shī jīng诗经》，Yě也shì是yǎn ěr dào líng掩耳盗铃，hōng哄rén人ér yǐ而已。
tā他suī虽yòng用líng绫zhē gài遮盖，yǐ以yǎn掩Zhòng众rén人ěr mù耳目，nǎ zhī那知què shì却是yǎn ěr dào líng掩耳盗铃。

掩

HSK 7-93

含义to cover (with the hand); shut, conceal; ambush

拼音yǎn

耳

HSK 41

含义ear; merely, only; handle; Kangxi radical 128

拼音ěr

盗

HSK 6

含义rob, steal; thief, bandit

拼音dào

铃

HSK 5

含义bell

拼音líng