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画饼充饥
huà​bǐng​chōng​jī

to feed on illusions

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 画饼 畫餅 huà​bǐng
    pie in the sky
    (literally) a picture of a cake; (figuratively) an empty promise, an unrealistic plan, or something of no practical value
  2. 充饥 充飢 chōng​jī
    to allay one's hunger
    To eat something in order to relieve or satisfy hunger