望梅止渴
wàng​méi​zhǐ​kě

to console oneself with illusions

  • created reference approved 望梅止渴 → 画饼充饥/畫餅充飢 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    望梅止渴 wàng​méi​zhǐ​kě

    画饼充饥 / 畫餅充飢 huà​bǐng​chōng​jī

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  • created sense approved 望梅止渴 · wàng​méi​zhǐ​kě · to console oneself with illusions — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    望梅止渴

    wàng​méi​zhǐ​kě

    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.

    望 (literal) → 望 · wàng · to gaze 梅 (literal) → 梅 · méi · plum 止渴 (literal) → 止渴 · zhǐ​kě · to quench thirst

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