畫餅充飢 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

畫 huà delineate, painting, picture, drawing; draw
餅 bǐng rice-cakes, biscuits
充 chōng
HSK 5
fill, be full, supply
飢 jī hunger, starving; hungry; a famine