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掩人耳目

yǎn rén ěr mù

4-character word

What 掩人耳目 means

1. to fool people (idiom)
2. to pull the wool over people's eyes

The characters in 掩人耳目

• 掩yǎnto cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc)…
• 人rénperson; people
• 耳ěrear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh

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