[ wàngméizhǐkě ] quench one's thirst by thinking of plums -- console oneself with false hopes; feed on fancies; look at plums to quench thirst -- imagined satisfaction; quench thirst by watching plums -- impossible; slake thirst by thinking of plums -- vain hopes
Example Sentences:
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At the thought of the sour fruit the soldiers forgot about their thirst and complaints 后人用上面的故事作成成语“望梅止渴”来比喻一个人幻想目的已经到达了以安慰自己的情况。
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Even if there is only a fantasy or an illusion , so long as it shows a ray of hope , it still urges you on in pursuit of the glimmer without letup 不管是望梅止渴，还是画饼充饥，它都会激励你不停手中的桨，去追逐哪怕是一星微小的火光。
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No matter they are quenching your thirst by thinking of plums or are appeasing your hunger with depicted cakes , they will encourage you to keep up to purchase the brightness , even though it is tiny 不管是望梅止渴，还是画饼充饥，它都会激励你不停手中的桨，去追逐哪怕是一星微小的火光。
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This helpless retail department opens at nine o clock in the morning , close hurriedly at five o clock in the afternoon , we at one s wit s end , can only feed on fancies with stamp poster to watch show window 无奈这门市部上午九点开门，下午五时便匆匆打烊，我们无计可施，只能以看橱窗中的邮票宣传画而望梅止渴了。
