堵着耳朵偷铃铛,自己欺骗自己 堵著耳朵偷鈴鐺,自己欺騙自己 堵着耳朵偷鈴鐺,自己欺騙自己

stopping one's ears to steal a bell: deceiving oneself

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning
Describes foolishly deceiving oneself, believing others can't notice what one is doing. Mocking; like 'bury one's head in the sand'.
Simplified
堵着耳朵偷铃铛,自己欺骗自己
Traditional (Taiwan)
堵著耳朵偷鈴鐺,自己欺騙自己
Traditional (Hong Kong)
堵着耳朵偷鈴鐺,自己欺騙自己
Pinyin
dǔzhe ěrduo tōu língdang, zìjǐ qīpiàn zìjǐ
Bopomofo
ㄉㄨˇ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄦˇ ˙ㄉㄨㄛ ㄊㄡ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄉㄤ,ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄑㄧ ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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