望梅止渴 (wàng méi zhǐ kě) Literal Translation: To look at plums to quench one's thirst. Meaning:To take comfort in believing that one had already attained what was expected or desired.
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms 1.1
三国演义第一集 (sān guó yǎn yì dì yī jí) 桃园三结义(táo yuán sān jiē yì) Part 1.1
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。 Narrator: During the Eastern Han Dynasty's declining years, there was chaos that had not been witnessed in a hundred years. The long term fights and internal struggles among eunuchs and relatives outside had made the imperial court thoroughly corrupt. Citizens were unable to make a living, eventually it aroused the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
。 Diao Chan: I have not. I only felt that the person who created this tune is a girl whose heart and spirit is very familiar to me, so I relied on my own feelings to naturally follow hers in playing this tune.
。 Servant: This is the Imperial Minister's home. When you were unconscious under the cliff, it is the Imperial Minister who saved you, later on he brought you here to his home. Sir, the military recruitment report has been approved.