掩耳盗铃 yǎn'ěrdàolíng to deceive oneself Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 掩耳盗铃 掩耳盜鈴 yǎn'ěrdàolíng to deceive oneself literally meaning to cover one's ears while stealing a bell; describes someone who tries to deceive themselves or thinks they can trick others when the truth is obvious to everyone. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.240 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.461 per million Cross-References Synonym 塞耳偷铃 sāi'ěrtōulíngReferenced by 掩耳 yǎn'ěr Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
掩耳盗铃 掩耳盜鈴 yǎn'ěrdàolíng to deceive oneself literally meaning to cover one's ears while stealing a bell; describes someone who tries to deceive themselves or thinks they can trick others when the truth is obvious to everyone. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.240 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.461 per million Cross-References Synonym 塞耳偷铃 sāi'ěrtōulíngReferenced by 掩耳 yǎn'ěr Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
