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望梅止渴
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What 望梅止渴 means
- lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)
- fig. to console oneself with illusions
The characters in 望梅止渴
- 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect
- 梅méiplum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
- 止zhǐto stop; to prohibit; until
- 渴kěthirsty
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