畫餅

畫餅

Chinese

		draw; picture; painting	round flat cake; cookie; cake round flat cake; cookie; cake; pastry
trad. (畫餅)		畫	餅
simp. (画饼)		画	饼
Literally: “to draw a flatbread”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàbǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huàbǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄥˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahbiing
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹ piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

畫餅

1. (figuratively) to make (empty) promises; to give false hope

See also

• 畫餅充飢／画饼充饥 (huàbǐngchōngjī)