望梅止渴
Traditional form:
望梅止渴
Pinyin (reading):
wàngméizhǐkě
Definitions:
- lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)
- fig. to console oneself with illusions
Characters:
- 望 - to expect, to hope, to look forward to
- 梅 - plum; prune; surname
- 止 - to stop, to halt; to detain; to desist
- 渴 - thirsty, parched; to yearn, to pine for
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