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自欺欺人

/t͡sɹ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɻən³⁵/
to deceive oneself as well as others; to fool oneself alongside others
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    The phrase describes the act of wearing a blindfold that deceives both the wearer and those watching them.
    The phrase describes the act of wearing a blindfold that deceives both the wearer and those watching them.

    Origin

    The phrase 自欺欺人 is formed from the characters 自, meaning self or oneself; 欺, meaning to cheat or deceive; and 人, meaning man, person, or people. According to the MOE Dictionary, the expression describes the act of not only deceiving oneself but also deceiving others.

    The character 欺 consists of a semantic component 欠, meaning to lack or be deficient, and a phonetic component 其, meaning his, her, its, or their.

    Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

    「自欺欺人」是由「自」、「欺」與「人」等字組成的成語。其中，「自」代表自己或自身；「人」指人、人類或個人；「欺」則有欺騙或詐欺的意思。

    在字形結構上，「欺」字包含兩個部分：「欠」作為意義組成部分，代表缺乏或不足；「其」則作為聲音組成部分，負責提供讀音。這個詞彙描述了一種既自欺又欺人的行為狀態。

    Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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    • characterChinese自 “self, oneself; one's own”
    • characterChinese欺 “to cheat; to deceive”
      • soundChinese其 “his; her; its; their”
      • meaningChinese欠 “to lack; to be deficient”
    • characterChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
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    Meanings

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    1. to deceive oneself as well as others; to fool oneself alongside others

    國語辭典 definitions

    1. 不但欺騙自己，也欺騙他人。 例：他這種作法只不過自欺欺人而已，怎能改變既成的事實呢？

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    Sources

    • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
    • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
    • Written form — n/a
    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0