望梅止渴

wàngméizhǐkě

quench one's thirst by thinking of plums—console oneself with false hopes; feed on fancies

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console oneself with false hopes; feed on fancies

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console oneself with false hopes; feed on fancies

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wang4 mei2 zhi3 ke3

lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom), fig. to console oneself with illusions

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望梅止渴

wàng méi zhǐ kě

quench one's thirst by thinking of plums -- console oneself with false hopes; feed on fancies; look at plums to quench thirst -- imagined satisfaction; quench thirst by watching plums -- impossible; slake thirst by thinking of plums -- vain hopes

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望梅止渴|望梅止渴 [wàng méi zhǐ kě] ► lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom) ► fig. to console oneself with illusions