huà​bǐng​chōng​jī

to feed on illusions

  • created sense approved 画饼充饥/畫餅充飢 · huà​bǐng​chōng​jī · to feed on illusions — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    画饼充饥 / 畫餅充飢

    huà​bǐng​chōng​jī

    to feed on illusions

    (idiom) lit. to draw a cake to satisfy hunger; to console oneself with fantasies or unrealistic dreams

    画饼 (literal) → 画饼/畫餅 · huà​bǐng · pie in the sky 充饥 (literal) → 充饥/充飢 · chōng​jī · to allay one's hunger

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 画饼充饥/畫餅充飢 · huà​bǐng​chōng​jī · to have a reputation without substance — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    画饼充饥 / 畫餅充飢

    huà​bǐng​chōng​jī

    to have a reputation without substance

    (idiom) to provide something that has a name but no practical value or reality, thus failing to solve a problem

    画饼 (literal) → 画饼/畫餅 · huà​bǐng · pie in the sky 充饥 (literal) → 充饥/充飢 · chōng​jī · to allay one's hunger

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense