遮人耳目 — “To pull the wool over someone's eyes”
遮人耳目 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to pull the wool over someone's eyes”. To hoodwink; to cover up the truth; to mislead people. Literally, “Conceal people's ears and eyes”.
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遮人耳目 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- 遮zhē
- 人rén
- 耳ěr
- 目mù
遮人耳目 Character Breakdown
Example Sentence with 遮人耳目
商家为了促销，常常会用一些华而不实的小赠品来遮人耳目。
To promote sales, businesses often use some flashy but impractical small gifts to mislead consumers.
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Synonyms of 遮人耳目
Antonyms of 遮人耳目
More idioms starting with 遮
- zhē遮sān三mán瞒sì四to cover up in various ways
- zhē遮rén人yǎn眼mù目deceive or mislead people
- zhē遮qián前yǎn掩hòu后speak evasively
- zhē遮dì地màn漫tiān天vast in scale, covering ground and sky
- zhē遮dì地gài盖tiān天vast in scale or number
- zhē遮tiān天yā压dì地overwhelmingly numerous or immense
- zhē遮tiān天yìng映rì日immense in size, quantity, or grandeur
- zhē遮tiān天gài盖dì地cover the sky and earth
- zhē遮tiān天gài盖rì日immense in size or scale
- zhē遮tiān天bì蔽rì日overshadowing sky and obscuring sun
- zhē遮tiān天mí迷dì地vast, overwhelming scale
- zhē遮yǎn掩ěr耳mù目deceive people
Questions about 遮人耳目
- What does 遮人耳目 mean?
- 遮人耳目 (zhē rén ěr mù) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to pull the wool over someone's eyes”.
- How do you pronounce 遮人耳目?
- 遮人耳目 is pronounced zhē rén ěr mù in Mandarin Chinese.
- What does 遮人耳目 literally mean?
- Literally, 遮人耳目 means “Conceal people's ears and eyes”. It is used to mean “to pull the wool over someone's eyes”.
- What is the Chinese definition of 遮人耳目?
- 遮：遮掩。遮掩他人视听。指玩弄手法，掩盖真相。