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Results for 止渴

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望梅止渴
wàng méi zhǐ kě
  1. 1.lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)
  2. 2.fig. to console oneself with illusions
饮鸩止渴飲鴆止渴
yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě
  1. 1.lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom)
  2. 2.fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse