盗钟掩耳
dào​zhōng​yǎn'ěr

to deceive oneself

  • created sense approved 盗钟掩耳/盜鐘掩耳 · dào​zhōng​yǎn'ěr · to deceive oneself — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    盗钟掩耳 / 盜鐘掩耳

    dào​zhōng​yǎn'ěr

    to deceive oneself

    literally to steal a bell while covering one's ears; to ignore the reality of a situation or deceive oneself into believing a lie is working

    盗 (literal) → 盗/盜 · dào · to steal 钟 (literal) → 钟/鐘 · zhōng · bell 掩耳 (literal) → 掩耳 · yǎn'ěr · to cover one's ears

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense