"望梅止渴" meaning in Chinese

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    {
      "english": "Emperor Wu of Wei (Cao Cao) was leading his army., but failed to find a path with water source, and his army was thirty. He then ordered, “There is a big plum forest ahead with many fruits. They are very sweet and sour and you can relieve your thirst there.” When the army heard what he said, they drooled and then they seized the opportunity to reach the water source ahead",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Literary Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5ᵗʰ century CE",
      "roman": "Wèi Wǔ xíng yì, shī jí dào, jūn jiē kě, nǎi lìng yuē: “Qián yǒu dà méilín, ráo zǐ, gān suān, kěyǐ jiěkě.” Shìzú wén zhī, kǒu jiē chūshuǐ, chéng cǐ dé jí qián yuán.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "魏武行役，失汲道，軍皆渴，乃令曰：「前有大梅林，饒子，甘酸，可以解渴。」士卒聞之，口皆出水，乘此得及前源。",
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    },
    {
      "english": "Emperor Wu of Wei (Cao Cao) was leading his army., but failed to find a path with water source, and his army was thirty. He then ordered, “There is a big plum forest ahead with many fruits. They are very sweet and sour and you can relieve your thirst there.” When the army heard what he said, they drooled and then they seized the opportunity to reach the water source ahead",
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        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5ᵗʰ century CE",
      "roman": "Wèi Wǔ xíng yì, shī jí dào, jūn jiē kě, nǎi lìng yuē: “Qián yǒu dà méilín, ráo zǐ, gān suān, kěyǐ jiěkě.” Shìzú wén zhī, kǒu jiē chūshuǐ, chéng cǐ dé jí qián yuán.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "魏武行役，失汲道，军皆渴，乃令曰：「前有大梅林，饶子，甘酸，可以解渴。」士卒闻之，口皆出水，乘此得及前源。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the tale of the warlord Cao Cao deceiving his severely dehydrated troops with the promise of a forest of plums not far ahead.",
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        "to console oneself with illusions"
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      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "huàbǐngchōngjī",
          "word": "畫餅充飢"
        },
        {
          "roman": "huàbǐngchōngjī",
          "word": "画饼充饥"
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      "zh-pron": "wàngméizhǐkě"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄤˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄓˇ ㄎㄜˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mong⁶ mui⁴ zi² hot³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "mo⁷ bhuê⁵ zi² guah⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàngméizhǐkě [Phonetic:wàngméizhíkě]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàngméijhǐhkě"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wang⁴-mei²-chih³-kʻo³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàng-méi-jř-kě"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wanqmeijyykee"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ванмэйчжикэ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vanmɛjčžikɛ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑŋ⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mohng mùih jí hot"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mong⁶ mui⁴ dzi² hot⁸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mong⁶ mui⁴ ji² hod³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔːŋ²² muːi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵ hɔːt̚³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mo⁷ bhuê⁵ zi² guah⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mō buê tsí kuah"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo¹¹ bue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵²⁻³⁵ kuaʔ²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: wàngméizhíkě]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑŋ⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔːŋ²² muːi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵ hɔːt̚³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo¹¹ bue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵²⁻³⁵ kuaʔ²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "望梅止渴"
}

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  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "english": "Emperor Wu of Wei (Cao Cao) was leading his army., but failed to find a path with water source, and his army was thirty. He then ordered, “There is a big plum forest ahead with many fruits. They are very sweet and sour and you can relieve your thirst there.” When the army heard what he said, they drooled and then they seized the opportunity to reach the water source ahead",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Literary Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5ᵗʰ century CE",
      "roman": "Wèi Wǔ xíng yì, shī jí dào, jūn jiē kě, nǎi lìng yuē: “Qián yǒu dà méilín, ráo zǐ, gān suān, kěyǐ jiěkě.” Shìzú wén zhī, kǒu jiē chūshuǐ, chéng cǐ dé jí qián yuán.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "魏武行役，失汲道，軍皆渴，乃令曰：「前有大梅林，饒子，甘酸，可以解渴。」士卒聞之，口皆出水，乘此得及前源。",
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    },
    {
      "english": "Emperor Wu of Wei (Cao Cao) was leading his army., but failed to find a path with water source, and his army was thirty. He then ordered, “There is a big plum forest ahead with many fruits. They are very sweet and sour and you can relieve your thirst there.” When the army heard what he said, they drooled and then they seized the opportunity to reach the water source ahead",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Literary Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5ᵗʰ century CE",
      "roman": "Wèi Wǔ xíng yì, shī jí dào, jūn jiē kě, nǎi lìng yuē: “Qián yǒu dà méilín, ráo zǐ, gān suān, kěyǐ jiěkě.” Shìzú wén zhī, kǒu jiē chūshuǐ, chéng cǐ dé jí qián yuán.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "魏武行役，失汲道，军皆渴，乃令曰：「前有大梅林，饶子，甘酸，可以解渴。」士卒闻之，口皆出水，乘此得及前源。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the tale of the warlord Cao Cao deceiving his severely dehydrated troops with the promise of a forest of plums not far ahead.",
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  "literal_meaning": "to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums",
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      "roman": "huàbǐngchōngjī",
      "word": "畫餅充飢"
    },
    {
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        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 望",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 梅",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 止",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 渴",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
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        "Teochew idioms",
        "Teochew lemmas"
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      "glosses": [
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      "zh-pron": "wàngméizhǐkě"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄤˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄓˇ ㄎㄜˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mong⁶ mui⁴ zi² hot³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "mo⁷ bhuê⁵ zi² guah⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàngméizhǐkě [Phonetic:wàngméizhíkě]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàngméijhǐhkě"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wang⁴-mei²-chih³-kʻo³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wàng-méi-jř-kě"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wanqmeijyykee"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ванмэйчжикэ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vanmɛjčžikɛ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑŋ⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mohng mùih jí hot"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mong⁶ mui⁴ dzi² hot⁸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mong⁶ mui⁴ ji² hod³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔːŋ²² muːi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵ hɔːt̚³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mo⁷ bhuê⁵ zi² guah⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mō buê tsí kuah"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo¹¹ bue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵²⁻³⁵ kuaʔ²/",
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        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
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      "other": "[Phonetic: wàngméizhíkě]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑŋ⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔːŋ²² muːi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵ hɔːt̚³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mo¹¹ bue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵²⁻³⁵ kuaʔ²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "望梅止渴"
}

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