掩耳盗铃

lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)

Characters and words in 掩耳盗铃

to cover up / to close / to surprise

= + : Maud Younger (y) builds a bunker (掩) for cover (掩) inside of the anthill (an3). The bunker consists solely of omelets (奄) which Maud stacks to high and thick walls using a toy claw (扌).
to cover up; to conceal / to close (a door, book etc) / (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid / (literary) to launch a surprise attack
to refuse to listen
ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)

It ist what it looks like: an ear.
to steal / to rob / to plunder / thief / bandit / robber

= + : Don Quixote (d) caught a pirate (盗) rob (盗) a valuable shallow bowl (皿) out of the aorta's bathroom (ao4). As punishment he puts the robber into the cube (次).
(small) bell / CL:隻|只[zhi1]

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) is living next to engine, and her neighbors installed some very annoying little bells (铃) next to their entrance ((e)ng2). As a consequence she got an official decree by the emperor and a Ling Pai (令) that allows her to have them remove the bells, but as she visits the engine home no-one is there. Short-tempered she just uses her golden harpoon (钅) to take off the little annoying bells (铃).

Words with 掩耳盗铃

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Sentences with 掩耳盗铃

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