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[quote=ZOEY,258150]No.2 掩耳盗铃( Yan 3 Er 3 Dao 4 Ling 2). It refers to "plug one's ears while stealing a bell---deceive oneself or bury one's head in the sand."

History: During the period of Spring and Autumn ((770 BC - 476 BC), an aristocrat named Zhi Bo perished Fan's family. A thief came into Fan's home and wanted to steal something. He saw that there was a huge bell at the court, which was made of good bronze and carved with beautiful patterns. Thus, he decided to take this bell to his home. However, the bell was too big and heavy and he could not move it. After a while, an idea came up on his mind----to break the bell into pieces and then take them back.

The thief found a hammer and used it to break the bell. While hitting the bell, a deep soud was made and the thief was afraid that other people might hear the sound and came over here to seize him. Thus, he embraced the bell and wanted to stop the bell ringing. How could he stop it by his two arms?

Scared by the sound, he pluged his ears with his hands. Then he found that the sound was weak. He felt very happy and said:"If I pluged my ears, the sound will be weak and I couldn't hear it." Thus, he found two cloth pieces to plug his ears. Then he continued to hit the bell with his hammer. People living around heard of the sound and came to Fan's family. Finally, the thief was caught.[/quote]

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