画饼充饥 / 畫餅充飢
huà bǐng chōng jī
Meaning
- literally to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake
- to feed on illusions (idiom)
Example sentences
你这样就是画饼充饥！
你這樣就是畫餅充飢！
nǐ zhè yàng jiù shì huà bǐng chōng jī！
That's just drawing a picture of a cake to satisfy your hunger!