Read Edit View history 掩耳盗铃 yǎn'ěrdàolíng to deceive oneself Origin Definitions Defs 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)