畫餅充飢

Chinese

		draw; picture; painting	round flat cake; cookie; cake round flat cake; cookie; cake; pastry	to allay one's hunger
trad. (畫餅充飢/畫餅充饑)		畫	餅	充飢/充饑
simp. (画饼充饥)		画	饼	充饥
Literally: “to draw a flatbread to allay one's hunger”.

Etymology

From the Records of the Three Kingdoms.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huàbǐngchōngjī

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄨㄥㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶ beng² cung¹ gei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huàbǐngchōngjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄨㄥㄐㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahbiingchongji
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹ piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waak⁶ beng² cung¹ gei¹
  - Yale: waahk béng chūng gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹ beng² tsung¹ gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶ béng² cung¹ géi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /wäːk̚² pɛːŋ³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

畫餅充飢

(figuratively) to feed on illusions; (of something attractive-looking) to be of no actual use

See also

望梅止渴 (wàngméizhǐkě)

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