画饼充饥

画饼充饥

Literally means:

draw cakes to allay hunger

Actually means:

feed on illusions

It means drawing a visible but inedible cake on the paper to allay one's hunger.

This phrase figuratively means comforting oneself with illusions,or it means something with only an empty title. Its negtive form is 画饼不能充饥, connoting ative fo one cannot solve his problems roblems with illusions. It is usually used in written language. Derogatory.

在纸上画出一个看得见而吃不到的饼来解除饥饿。

比喻用空想来安慰自己，或者只有表面的虚名而无实际的东西。否定形式是“画饼不能充饥”。比喻空想解决不了问题。多用于书面语中。具有贬义色彩。