掩人耳目 — Chinese idiom
掩人耳目
yǎn rén ěr mù
Meaning
- to fool people
- to pull the wool over people's eyes
Character by character
- 掩yǎnto cover up (with a hand); to ambush, to conceal;
- 人rénman, person; people
- 耳ěrear; to hear, to hear of; handle
- 目mùeye; to look, to see; division, topic
Idioms sharing a character
- 掩耳盗铃 yǎn ěr dào líng
- 掩面而泣 yǎn miàn ér qì
- 东掩西遮 dōng yǎn xī zhē
- 瑕不掩瑜 xiá bù yǎn yú
- 遮遮掩掩 zhē zhē yǎn yǎn
- 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
- 不恤人言 bù xù rén yán
- 不甘人后 bù gān rén hòu
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