畫餅充飢 [画饼－饥]

Jyutping waak6 bing2 cung1 gei1
Pinyin huà bǐng chōng jī

Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）

畫餅充飢 [画饼－饥]

Jyutping waak6 beng2 cung1 gei1
Pinyin huà bǐng chōng jī

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake
  2. to feed on illusions (idiom)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
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Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, figuratively, idiomatic
    to feed on illusions; (of something attractive-looking) to be of no actual use
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    你这样就是画饼充饥！
    你这样就是畫餅充飢！
    nǐ zhè yàng jiù shì huà bǐng chōng jī ！
    • You're just comforting yourself with a fantasy!