See 畫餅充飢 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "At that time the Emperor of Wei was hiring the Central Secretary. He issued an edict to Lu Yu: “Whether we can hire the person depends on you. Please do not pick those who only have fame [but without talent]. Fame is just like a flatbread drawn on the ground, you cannot eat it.”",
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"ref": " Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3ʳᵈ century CE",
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"text": "時舉中書郎，詔曰：「得其人與否，在盧生耳。選舉莫取有名，名如畫地作餅，不可啖也。」",
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"text": "时举中书郎，诏曰：「得其人与否，在卢生耳。选举莫取有名，名如画地作饼，不可啖也。」",
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"(figurative) to feed on illusions; (of something attractive-looking) to be of no actual use; like a pie in the sky"
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"word": "望梅止渴"
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"zh-pron": "huàbǐngchōngjī"
},
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"tags": [
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄐㄧ"
},
{
"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "waak⁶ beng² cung¹ gei¹"
},
{
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"zh-pron": "huàbǐngchōngjī"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "huàbǐngchongji"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "hua⁴-ping³-chʻung¹-chi¹"
},
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"Yale"
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"zh-pron": "hwà-bǐng-chūng-jī"
},
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "huahbiingchongji"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "хуабинчунцзи"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "xuabinčunczi"
},
{
"ipa": "/xu̯ä⁵¹ piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/",
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"Sinological-IPA"
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],
"zh-pron": "waahk béng chūng gēi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "waak⁹ beng² tsung¹ gei¹"
},
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "wag⁶ béng² cung¹ géi¹"
},
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"ipa": "/waːk̚² pɛːŋ³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/",
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},
{
"ipa": "/waːk̚² pɛːŋ³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/"
}
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}
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"Literary Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
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"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "时举中书郎，诏曰：「得其人与否，在卢生耳。选举莫取有名，名如画地作饼，不可啖也。」",
"type": "quote"
}
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"to feed on illusions; (of something attractive-looking) to be of no actual use; like a pie in the sky"
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"feed",
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"zh-pron": "huàbǐngchōngjī"
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄐㄧ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
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"zh-pron": "waak⁶ beng² cung¹ gei¹"
},
{
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "huàbǐngchōngjī"
},
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"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "huàbǐngchongji"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "hua⁴-ping³-chʻung¹-chi¹"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
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},
{
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "huahbiingchongji"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "хуабинчунцзи"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "xuabinčunczi"
},
{
"ipa": "/xu̯ä⁵¹ piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "waahk béng chūng gēi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "waak⁹ beng² tsung¹ gei¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "wag⁶ béng² cung¹ géi¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/waːk̚² pɛːŋ³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/xu̯ä⁵¹ piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/waːk̚² pɛːŋ³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/"
}
],
"word": "畫餅充飢"
}
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