Read Edit View history 望梅止渴 wàngméizhǐkě to console oneself with illusions Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 望梅止渴 wàngméizhǐkě to console oneself with illusions To quench one's thirst by thinking of plums; to comfort oneself with empty hopes or unrealistic fantasies when a wish cannot be realized. Edit Delete References Add reference synonym 望梅止渴/望梅止渴 → 画饼充饥/畫餅充飢 Edit Delete
望梅止渴 wàngméizhǐkě to console oneself with illusions To quench one's thirst by thinking of plums; to comfort oneself with empty hopes or unrealistic fantasies when a wish cannot be realized. Edit Delete