从前有一个人，看见别人家门口有一个大钟，就想把它偷走。
可是钟又大又重，他就拿来一个铁锤，想把钟敲碎，然后一块一块地偷走。
但是铁锤敲钟会有很大的声音，所有人都能听见，他肯定会被发现。
他又想了想：如果敲钟的时候把自己的耳朵捂起来，就什么都听不到了！
他觉得自己听不到声音，别人也一定听不到。
然后他一边捂耳朵，一边用铁锤敲钟。
很多人都听到了钟声，赶来把这个小偷抓住了。
这个成语就是“掩耳盗铃”，我们经常用这个成语来比喻自己骗自己的行为。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 从前 | cóng qián | previously / formerly / once upon a time |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 看见 | kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 别人 | bié rén | other people; others; other person |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 门口 | mén kǒu | doorway / gate |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 钟 | zhōng | a (large) bell / clock / amount of time; o'clock |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 偷 | tōu | to steal / to pilfer / to snatch |
| 走 | zǒu | from / through / away |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however |
| 又 | yòu | both... and... |
| 重 | zhòng | heavy / serious |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 拿 | ná | to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take |
| 来 | lái | hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker) |
| 铁 | tiě | iron (metal) / arms / weapons |
| 锤 | chuí | hammer / weight |
| 敲 | qiāo | to hit / to strike / to tap / to rap / to knock / to rip sb off / to overcharge |
| 碎 | suì | (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 块 | kuài | classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 声音 | shēng yīn | voice / sound |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear |
| 见 | jiàn | to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview |
| 肯定 | kěn dìng | assuredly; definitely |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 耳朵 | ěr duo | ear / handle (on a cup) |
| 捂 | wǔ | to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / to contradict |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |
| 什么 | shén me | something; anything |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely |
| 一边 | yī biān | on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 声 | shēng | sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation |
| 赶 | gǎn | to overtake; to catch up with / to hurry; to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 小偷 | xiǎo tōu | thief |
| 抓 | zhuā | to grab / to catch / to arrest / to snatch / to scratch |
| 住 | zhù | (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state) |
| 成语 | chéng yǔ | Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 掩耳盗铃 | yǎn ěr dào líng | to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom) |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 经常 | jīng cháng | frequently; constantly; regularly; often |
| 比喻 | bǐ yù | to compare / to liken to |
| 骗 | piàn | to cheat / to swindle / to deceive / to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over |
| 行为 | xíng wéi | action; conduct; behavior; activity |