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画饼充饥

huà bǐng chōng jī

4-character word Traditional 畫餅充飢

What 画饼充饥 means

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

The characters in 画饼充饥

• 画huàto draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划
• 饼bǐnground flat cake; cookie; cake
• 充chōngsufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as
• 饥jī(bound form) hungry

Example sentences

• 你这样就是画饼充饥！
  You're just comforting yourself with a fantasy!