掩耳盗铃 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 掩耳盜鈴 yǎněrdàolíng ㄧㄢˇ ㄦˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell to deceive oneself to bury one's head in the sand (idiom) Character by character 掩(yǎn)cover up 耳(ěr)ear 盗(dào)steal 铃(líng)bell A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0