画饼充饥 huà bǐng chōng jī

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

画 huà
HSK 3
a painting, picture, drawing; to draw
饼 bǐng
HSK 4
rice-cakes, biscuits
充 chōng
HSK 5
fill, be full, supply
饥 jī
HSK 6
hunger, starving; hungry; a famine