畫餅

Chinese

		draw; picture; painting	round flat cake; cookie; cake round flat cake; cookie; cake; pastry
trad. (畫餅)		畫	餅
simp. (画饼)		画	饼
Literally: “to draw a flatbread”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huàbǐng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄥˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huàbǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄥˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahbiing
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹ piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

畫餅

(figuratively) to make (empty) promises; to give false hope

See also

畫餅充飢／画饼充饥 (huàbǐngchōngjī)

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