畫餅充飢

lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake / to feed on illusions (idiom)

to draw / picture / painting / CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1] / classifier for paintings etc / variant of 劃|划[hua4]

round flat cake / cookie / cake / pastry / CL:張|张[zhang1]

to fill / to satisfy / to fulfill / to act in place of / substitute / sufficient / full

sufficient; full / to fill / to serve as; to act as / to act falsely as; to pose as

to allay one's hunger

(bound form) hungry