sāi'ěr​tōu​líng

to deceive oneself

  • created reference approved 塞耳偷铃/塞耳偷鈴 → 掩耳盗铃/掩耳盜鈴 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    塞耳偷铃 / 塞耳偷鈴 sāi'ěr​tōu​líng

    掩耳盗铃 / 掩耳盜鈴 yǎn'ěr​dào​líng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created reference approved 塞耳偷铃/塞耳偷鈴 → 盗钟掩耳/盜鐘掩耳 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    塞耳偷铃 / 塞耳偷鈴 sāi'ěr​tōu​líng

    盗钟掩耳 / 盜鐘掩耳 dào​zhōng​yǎn'ěr

    same_as

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  • created sense approved 塞耳偷铃/塞耳偷鈴 · sāi'ěr​tōu​líng · to deceive oneself — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    塞耳偷铃 / 塞耳偷鈴

    sāi'ěr​tōu​líng

    to deceive oneself

    To stupidly deceive oneself; a metaphor for self-deception.

    sè'ěr​tōu​líng

    塞耳 (literal) → 塞耳 · sāi'ěr · to block one's ears 偷 (literal) → 偷 · tōu · secretly 铃 (literal) → 铃/鈴 · líng · bell

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