止渴 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

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MEANING OF 止渴

止渴

Definition quench one's thirst

Usage

Characters 止 zhǐ 渴 kě

COMMON WORDS WITH 止渴
	饮鸩止渴 ( 飲鴆止渴 ) yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom) / fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse ( 飲鴆止渴 )

	望梅止渴 wàng méi zhǐ kě lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom) / fig. to console oneself with illusions

	充饥止渴 ( 充飢止渴 ) chōng jī zhǐ kě to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom) ( 充飢止渴 )

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