console oneself with false hopes
Shuo Mei Zhi Ke is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is Shu ō m é izh ǐ K ě, which means to use imagination to masturbate. The source is "Da Ma Fu".
The origin of Idioms
Li Qingzhao of the Song Dynasty wrote in his ode to Da Ma: "to quench thirst with plum blossoms is to make su run to the heart of competition; to fill hunger with cakes is to thank Teng Yu for his ambition."
Analysis of Idioms
Looking at the plum to quench thirst
Idiom usage
To act as an object or attributive
Chinese PinYin : shuō méi zhǐ kě
console oneself with false hopes
romantic themes ; to waste money in houses of ill repute. xuě yuè fēng huā
ruin one 's figure and destroy one 's disposition through grief. huǐ xíng miè xìng
seek after glory by selling out one 's own country. mài guó qiú lì
dancing and skipping with joy. huān bèng luàn tiào