画饼充饥

Traditional (Taiwan): 畫餅充飢

huàbǐngchōngjī ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄐㄧ

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

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Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms 近义词

Telling them apart

画饼充饥 means consoling oneself with something fake. 望梅止渴 means consoling oneself with something remote or imagined.

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