Stop craving for plum
Zhilongwangmei is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is zh ǐ K ě w à NGM é I, which means to quench one's thirst by looking at the plum. It's like comforting yourself with fantasy. It is the same as "stopping thirst for plum". It comes from a new account of the world: false treachery.
Analysis of Idioms
To quench one's thirst
Idioms and allusions
Cao Cao led his troops on the way to the battle. There was no place for water. The soldiers were thirsty. So Cao Cao told his men to pass a message to the soldiers, saying: "there is a large plum forest in front of him, which bears many plums. They are sweet and sour, and can be used to quench thirst." After listening, the soldiers were drooling. With this, they are able to get to the place where there is water ahead.
The origin of Idioms
In the blood of Wanjiang River, resisting the enemy written by sun Yulin of Qing Dynasty: "what's the benefit of stopping the thirst for plum? Our party is very unfortunate!"
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences.
Chinese PinYin : zhǐ kě wàng méi
Stop craving for plum
get the opposite of what one wants. qiú yì fǎn sǔn
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an utterly inadequate measure. bēi shuǐ chē xīn
blow on an instrument or finger a stringed instrument. pǐn zhú diào xián