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To master Chinese, begin with characters, move to words, and then idioms. Here’s the idiom 「塞耳盜鐘」 explained, free of charge.

Let’s learn about the idiom 「塞耳盜鐘」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

It is a metaphor for deceiving oneself and others and trying to cover up something that cannot be covered up.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

sāi ěr dào zhōng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sak1 yi5 dou6 jung1

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