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Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
wang4 mei2 zhi3 ke3	mong6 mui4 ji2 hot3	mong6 mui4 zi2 hot3	lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)/fig. to console oneself with illusions

Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
望 Learn more	wang4	mong6	mong6	full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards
梅 Learn more	mei2	mui4	mui4	plum / plum flower / japanese apricot (prunus mume) / surname mei
止 Learn more	zhi3	ji2	zi2	to stop / to prohibit / until / only
渴 Learn more	ke3	hot3	hot3	thirsty

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