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望mong6梅mui4止zi2渴hot3

mong6 mui4 zi2 hot3wàng méi zhǐ kě

English

  1. lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)
  2. fig. to console oneself with illusions

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese

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