画饼充饥畫餅充飢

huà bǐng chōng jī

Meaning

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

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画huàpicture, painting, drawing; to draw一凵田饼bǐngrice-cake, pastry, biscuit饣并充chōngto fill, to supply; to be full亠允饥jīhungry, starving; hunger, famine饣几