望梅止渴 wàng méi zhǐ kě 🔊 lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking… + Keep this word Meanings wàng méi zhǐ kě lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)fig. to console oneself with illusions Its characters 望wàngfull moonHSK 6梅méiplum止zhǐto stopHSK 5渴kěthirstyHSK 3