捂着耳朵偷铃铛，自己骗自己捂著耳朵偷鈴鐺，自己騙自己捂着耳朵偷鈴鐺，自己騙自己

covering one's ears to steal a bell: fooling oneself

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Describes foolish self-deception, hiding something in a way that fools nobody but oneself. From the fable of the man who tried to steal a bell. Mocking; close to "bury your head in the sand."

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Simplified: 捂着耳朵偷铃铛，自己骗自己
Traditional (Taiwan): 捂著耳朵偷鈴鐺，自己騙自己
Traditional (Hong Kong): 捂着耳朵偷鈴鐺，自己騙自己
Pinyin: wǔzhe ěrduo tōu língdang, zìjǐ piàn zìjǐ
Bopomofo: ㄨˇ ˙ㄓㄜㄦˇ ˙ㄉㄨㄛㄊㄡㄌㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄉㄤ，ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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