画饼充饥 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

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MEANING OF 画饼充饥

画饼充饥 (畫餅充飢)

Definition lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake / to feed on illusions (idiom)

Idiom Draw a pie to relieve hunger / Metaphor uses fantasy to comfort oneself

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中文释义画个饼来解除饥饿。比喻用空想来安慰自己。

Characters 画 (畫) huà 饼 (餅) bǐng 充 chōng 饥 (飢) jī

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