feed on illusions(huà bǐng chōng jī)

feed on illusions

It is a Chinese idiom with the pronunciation of Hu à B à ngch à NGJ à. This metaphor has only a false name but no benefit in practice. It is often used as a metaphor to comfort oneself with fantasy. It comes from the biography of Lu Yu in the history of the Three Kingdoms.

Analysis of Idioms

It doesn't help to wait for the plum blossom to quench thirst

The origin of Idioms

Chen Shou of Jin Dynasty wrote in the annals of the Three Kingdoms · Wei Shu · Lu yuzhuan: "don't choose a famous election. You can't eat a cake with a picturesque name."

Idiom usage

It is used as a metaphor to comfort oneself with fantasy. When I was young, my young lady seemed to quench her thirst. (Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion of the Ming Dynasty, Volume 16)

Idiom story

There are two people who give up their brothers. On this day, the two brothers went to the elder brother's home to say goodbye. Before I went, I pricked a chicken with sorghum straw and millet to give my brother a present. To the elder brother's house, only the elder sister-in-law is at home. "Sister-in-law, I'm going out soon. I'm going to say goodbye to my elder brother today. There's nothing good to give you. Well, it's the heart of the people that melon seeds are not enough. Take this chicken! " The elder sister-in-law looked at it and said, "I really have you!" "Oh, second brother, why are you so polite? I'll charge you every time I come back," he said. He took the chicken and thought about it and said, "second brother, you can't come back until you go out for a long time. Don't leave today. Anyway, you can eat at home. Nothing good! Sit down, sit down, sit down Then she put two pairs of chopsticks and two dishes on the table, took out her man's brush, dipped some ink, found a piece of paper and drew a pancake on it. "Brother, eat while it's hot, it's not delicious when it's cold!" The second younger brother pretended to hold the "cake" with chopsticks and chewed it in his mouth for a long time. Then he put down his chopsticks and said, "OK, I'm so full today. Thank you. I won't wait for my big brother to come back. " After the second brother left, the elder brother came back, and the elder sister-in-law said, "the second brother is going to say goodbye to you today, and he also sent a chicken." Then he showed the "chicken" to the elder brother. The elder brother said, "people give us gifts. Didn't they leave us for dinner?" "Leave him to eat!" "Pancakes, they're still here!" Elder brother went to have a look at this "cake": "cough! It's all because I'm not at home. This chicken can't give him such a big piece of cake

Chinese PinYin : huà bǐng chōng jī