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Level: beginner
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Total words: 81
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画饼充饥
Relieving hunger with a picture of cakes
三国时代魏国的皇帝曹睿，准备选拔一个有才能的人到朝廷来做官。
Once in the Three Kingdoms Period (A.D. 220-280), the duke of the Wei kingdom, Cao Rui, planed to select a very capable man to work for him.
曹睿对他的大臣说：“选择人才，不能光找有虚名的人。虚名好像是画的一块饼，只能看，不能解决肚子饥饿的问题啊!”
He said to his ministers: "When choosing a talented person, always beware of one with a false reputation. A false reputation is just like a picture of a cake; it can't ease hunger."
后来，人们就用“画饼充饥”这个成语比喻用空想安慰自己，不能解决实际问题。
Later, this idiom came to be used to mean comforting oneself with unrealistic thoughts, without solving practical problems.
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