lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake; to feed on illusions (idiom)
trad. 畫餅充飢
Also written 畫餅充飢【huà bǐng chōng jī】
Characters in this word
4画
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to draw; to paint, picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]), to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]), stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]), (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4])
- Pinyin
- huà
- Traditional
- 畫
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1144 of 2500
饼
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round flat cake, cookie, cake, pastry, CL:張|张[zhang1]
- Pinyin
- bǐng
- Traditional
- 餅
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5532 of 2500
充
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sufficient; full, to fill, to serve as; to act as, to act falsely as; to pose as
- Pinyin
- chōng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 30299 of 2500
饥
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(bound form) hungry
- Pinyin
- jī
- Traditional
- 飢
- Strokes
- 5