自欺欺人 — “To deceive oneself as well as others”
自欺欺人 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to deceive oneself as well as others”. To practice self-deception and mislead others; to bury one's head in the sand. Literally, “deceive oneself and deceive others”.
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他以为只要假装问题不存在就能解决，但这完全是自欺欺人的想法。
He thought that merely pretending the problem didn't exist would solve it, but that's completely self-deception.
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- zì自shàng上ér而xià下From top to bottom
- zì自xià下ér而shàng上from the bottom up
- zì自bù不dài待yán言goes without saying
- zì自bù不liàng量lì力overestimate one's own abilities
- zì自yè业zì自dé得reap what one has sown
- zì自chǎn产zì自xiāo销produce and sell one's own products
- zì自jīn今yǐ以wǎng往From now on
- zì自jīn今yǐ已hòu后From now on
- zì自jīn今yǐ已wǎng往from now on
- zì自jīn今ér而hòu后from now on
- zì自yǐ以wéi为dé得jì计to fancy one's own clever scheme
- zì自yǐ以wéi为shì是self-righteous and opinionated
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Open the tool →Questions about 自欺欺人
What does 自欺欺人 mean?
自欺欺人 (zì qī qī rén) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to deceive oneself as well as others”.
How do you pronounce 自欺欺人?
自欺欺人 is pronounced zì qī qī rén in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 自欺欺人 literally mean?
Literally, 自欺欺人 means “deceive oneself and deceive others”. It is used to mean “to deceive oneself as well as others”.
What is the Chinese definition of 自欺欺人?
欺骗自己，也欺骗别人。