What is the idiom for a person making pancakes on the ground? Painting pancakes to satisfy hunger.
Drawing a cake to satisfy hunger
huà bǐng chōng jī
Explanation: Draw a cake to relieve hunger. It is a metaphor for comforting oneself with fantasy.
Source: "Three Kingdoms·Wei Zhi·Lu Yu Biography": "Don't be famous for elections. Make cakes with picturesque names and don't eat them."
Structural linkage type.
Usage is used to describe empty fame and wishes; not solving practical problems; or to masturbate with fantasy. Commonly used as predicate, object, and subject.
The correct sound is full; it cannot be pronounced as "cōnɡ".
Distinguish shapes and draw; cannot write "stroke"; "charge"; cannot write "charge"; hunger; cannot write "muscle".
Synonyms: looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst, to no avail
Antonyms are worthy of the name
Analysis ~ and "looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst"; both are metaphors for comforting oneself with fantasy; they can often be used interchangeably. But there are still practical actions; "Looking at the plum blossoms to quench the thirst" has no practical actions.
Example: He is a practical person; actions like this will not help him.
English translation draw cakes to allay hunger
Idiom story During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a man named Lu Yu in the Wei state. He became an orphan at the age of ten, and his two brothers died successively. In the chaos of war, he worked hard to support his widowed sister-in-law and nephew, and his life was very difficult. His character and knowledge were praised by people. Later Lu Yu became an official. He was an upright official. He served for more than three years and made many good suggestions. Emperor Wei Ming trusted him very much. At that time, officials were generally selected based on personal recommendations, and recommenders often only recommended famous figures. Most of these celebrities only focused on talk, not practicality, and flattered each other, so Emperor Wei Ming was very dissatisfied. When selecting Zhongshu Lang, Emperor Wei Ming issued an order: "This selection must be recommended by Lu Yu. Don't just select people based on reputation. Reputation is like drawing a cake on the ground. In fact, you can't eat it!"< /p>