wàng méi zhǐ kě
望梅止渴 (wàng méi zhǐ kě) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom); fig. to console oneself with illusions”.
Meanings
- 1lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)
- 2fig. to console oneself with illusions