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console oneself with false hopes; give oneself false consolation; quench one's thirst by gazing at plums

wàng méi zhǐ kě

望 梅 止 渴

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derogconsole oneself with false hopes; give oneself false consolation; quench one's thirst by gazing at plums
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huà bǐng chōng jī画饼充饥 zhǐ kě wàng méi止渴望梅 shuō méi zhǐ kě说梅止渴 zhǐ yàn wéi gēng指雁为羹

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