聊以自慰
Explanation: Tentatively used to comfort myself. Usage: Partial official; as predicate, object; means for self-comforting tentatively Source: Han Zhang Heng "Hung Fu order": "More than fifty of the year, Yan suddenly have to, never made physical things, generously its multi-threading, is worth Fu, console itself." Examples: Meet the strong, dared not resist, then the "mean" to gloss over these words, ~. (Lu Xun "canopy _set_ of communication")- Thesaurus: quench one's thirst by thinking of plums, Talk to toy, Talk to mockery
- Antonym Group: Much ado about nothing, Concern for the ancients, borrow trouble
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