Word information
Simplified画饼充饥
Traditional畫餅充飢
Pinyinhuà bǐng chōng jī
Part of speechDictionary
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Chinese word dictionary
画饼充饥
huà bǐng chōng jī · lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake; to feed on illusions (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Words with the same characters
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画huà
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])
画家huàjiāpainter; CL:個|个[ge4]
饼干bǐnggānbiscuit; cracker; cookie; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
月饼yuèbingmooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)
饼bǐnground flat cake; cookie; cake; pastry; CL:張|张[zhang1]
补充bǔchōngto replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary; CL:個|个[ge4]