Relieving hunger with a picture of cakes
Once in the Three Kingdoms Period (220-280), the duke of the Wei, Cao Rui, planed to select a very capable man to work for him. 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.
moral：Later, this idiom came to be used to mean comforting oneself with unrealistic thoughts, without solving practical problems.
畫餅充飢
三國時代魏國的皇帝曹睿，準備選拔一個有才能的人到朝廷來做官。曹睿對他的大臣說：“選擇人才，不能光找有虛名的人。虛名好像是畫的一塊餅，只能看，不能解決肚子飢餓的問題啊!”
寓意：後來人們就用“畫餅充飢”這個成語比喻用空想安慰自己，不能解決實際問題。
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