望梅止渴

wàng méi zhǐ kě

Meaning

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

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望wàngto expect, to hope, to look forward to亡月王梅méiplum; prune; surname木每止zhǐto stop, to halt; to detain; to desist上丨渴kěthirsty, parched; to yearn, to pine for氵曷