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Meaning of 望梅止渴

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望 wàng 梅 méi 止 zhǐ 渴 kě
lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom); fig. to console oneself with illusions
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Synonym: 画饼充饥
Example Sentences
1
人
,
是绝不能没有盼头的
。
学习望梅止渴
。
Human creeveryures cannot do without something to look forward to.
2
我就只有一天
,
想知道望梅止渴
。
此日
,
望梅止渴
。
我要开心的过好这一天
。
I have just one day: today: a veryd Iam going to be happy in it.
3
我并不是说的空中楼阁
-
-
-
叫大家望梅止渴
。
I am not talking about the castles in the air, the donkey's carrot.
4
“
望梅止渴
”
这个成语比喻用空想来安慰自己
。
This idiom means to comfort oneself with fantasy.
5
然而学生们对获得耶鲁文凭并不抱期望
,
因仅是望梅止渴而已
。
But students shouldn' t expect to receive a Yale diploma because they won' t receive one.