墙上画马不能骑,纸上画饼不充饥牆上畫馬不能騎,紙上畫餅不充飢牆上畫馬不能騎,紙上畫餅不充飢

a horse painted on a wall can't be ridden; a cake drawn on paper can't fill the stomach

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Empty talk and empty promises achieve nothing. Critical.

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Simplified: 墙上画马不能骑,纸上画饼不充饥
Traditional (Taiwan): 牆上畫馬不能騎,紙上畫餅不充飢
Pinyin: qiáng shàng huà mǎ bùnéng qí,zhǐ shang huàbǐng bù chōngjī
Pinyin (Taiwan): qiáng shàng huà mǎ bùnéng qí,zhǐ shàng huàbǐng bù chōngjī
Bopomofo: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄑㄧˊ,ㄓˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄥㄐㄧ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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