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
console oneself with false hopes
rescue the desperately poor and help those who were in difficulty - fú wēi jì jí
Pick up the gorgeous fragrance - zhāi yàn xūn xiāng
Wash one's hands and do one's duty - xǐ shǒu fèng zhí