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畫餅充飢

huàbǐngchōngjī

ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄐㄧ

Simplified 画饼充饥

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

你這樣就是畫餅充飢！

nǐ zhèyàng jiùshì huàbǐngchōngjī

You're just comforting yourself with a fantasy!

Keep 畫餅充飢 and it comes back until you know it.

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