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