indulge in wishful thinking
Daydreaming, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B á IR ì Zu ò m è ng, which means daydreaming. It is a metaphor for delusion to achieve something that cannot be achieved at all. It comes from the selected elegant smile - send plaque.
The origin of Idioms
"It's a daydream to think that one must hit the target and ask about the stars all over again," said Yu Zhang's zuiyuanzi's selected elegant smile - sending plaque in the Ming Dynasty
Idiom usage
It is more formal; it is used as predicate and object; it is often used in the occasion of reprimand
Examples
Change to pick out three county, bewildered, delusion back! Obviously, it's you who pick up three counties. ——I want to say that I am good at mathematics and chemistry in school, and I want to be an engineer in the future. But he knew it was a daydream, so he looked at the old Junru, burst into tears and knelt down. ——Tornado by Jia Pingwa
indulge in wishful thinking
be kind and have not enough courage to - xīn cí shǒu ruǎn
Destroy orchid and turn jade into jade - cuī lán zhé yù
a long life of abundance and respectability - cháng mìng fù guì