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望梅止渴

wàng méi zhǐ kě

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

望
=
肓
+
王
梅
=
木
+
每
止
=
上
+
丨
渴
=
氵
+
曷

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