画饼充饥-双语儿童寓言故事 Relieving hunger with a picture of cakes
Once in the Three Kingdoms Period , 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. 译文 三国时代魏国的遥曹睿,准备选拔一个有才能的人到朝廷来做官。 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! 寓意 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.