望梅止渴
wàngméi-zhíkě
to console oneself with false hopes
Every meaning
wàngméi-zhǐkě
- to console oneself with false hopes
Its characters
- 望wàngto look; to gaze into the distance
- 梅méiplum (tree and fruit); Chinese plum
- 止zhǐto stop; to halt (as in 停止)
- 渴kěthirsty
Words with 望
Words with 梅
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.