掩耳盗铃 (掩耳盜鈴) yǎněr dào líng

yǎněr dào líng set phrase to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell; to deceive oneself; to bury one's head in the sand
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '掩耳盜鈴')

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• 卷二百五十八 列傳第一百四十六 許譽卿 華允誠 魏呈潤 毛羽健 吳執御 章正宸 黃紹杰 傅朝佑 姜埰 熊開元 詹爾選 湯開遠 成勇 陳龍正 Volume 258 Biographies 146: Xu Yuqing, Hua Yuncheng, Wei Chengrun, Mao Yujian, Wu Zhiyu, Zhang Zhengchen, Huang Shaojie, Fu Chaoyou, Jiang 埰, Xiong Kaiyuan, Zhan Erxuan, Tang Kaiyuan, Cheng Yong, Chen Longzheng History of Ming 明史 — count: 1