望梅止渴
Meanings
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- 1.lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)
- 2.fig. to console oneself with illusions
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Wiktionary
- 1.to console oneself with illusions
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Etymology
From the tale of Cao Cao deceiving his severely dehydrated troops with the promise of a forest of plums not far ahead
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Components
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