望梅止渴[wàng méi zhǐ kě]
词典望梅止渴的翻译
词典quench one's thirst by thinking of plums -- console oneself with false hopes
词典feed on fancies：望梅止渴。
词典望梅止渴的意思
词典look at plums to quench thirst -- imagined satisfaction：望梅止渴。
词典望梅止渴的解释
词典quench thirst by watching plums -- impossible：望梅止渴。
望梅止渴[wàng méi zhǐ kě]
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
1. looking at plums to quench the thirst：亡羊补牢 Mending the fold after the sheep have been stolen | 望梅止渴 looking at plums to quench the thirst | 望洋兴叹 Gazing at the ocean and sighing
2. 望梅止渴
2. quenching thirst by thinking of plums：14. 覆水难收split water cannot be retrieved | 15. 望梅止渴quenching thirst by thinking of plums | 16. 空中楼阁 castles in the air