| huà | bǐng | chōng | jī | |||||||
| 画 | 饼 | 充 | 饥 | |||||||
| sān | guó | shí | dài | wèi | guó | yǒu | gè | jiào | ||
| 三 | 国 | 时 | 代 | , | 魏 | 国 | 有 | 个 | 叫 | |
| lú | yù | |||||||||
| 卢 | 毓 | ( | L | ú | Y | ù | ) | |||
| de | rén | hěn | xiǎo | de | shí | hòu | jiù | shī | ||
| 的 | 人 | , | 很 | 小 | 的 | 时 | 候 | 就 | 失 | |
| qù | le | fù | mǔ | hé | liǎng | gè | gē | gē | ||
| 去 | 了 | 父 | 母 | 和 | 两 | 个 | 哥 | 哥 | 。 | |
| lú | yù | cóng | cǐ | xīn | kǔ | gōng | zuò | chú | ||
| 卢 | 毓 | 从 | 此 | 辛 | 苦 | 工 | 作 | , | 除 | |
| le | zhào | gù | gē | gē | men | de | jiā | rén | wài | |
| 了 | 照 | 顾 | 哥 | 哥 | 们 | 的 | 家 | 人 | 外 | |
| zì | jǐ | huán | nǔ | lì | dú | shū | shòu | |||
| , | 自 | 己 | 还 | 努 | 力 | 读 | 书 | , | 受 | |
| dào | dà | jiā | de | zàn | xǔ | |||||
| 到 | 大 | 家 | 的 | 赞 | 许 | 。 | ||||
| hòu | lái | lú | yù | zuò | le | guān | réng | |||
| 后 | 来 | , | 卢 | 毓 | 做 | 了 | 官 | , | 仍 | |
| rán | qín | kěn | gōng | zuò | jīng | cháng | gěi | huáng | ||
| 然 | 勤 | 恳 | 工 | 作 | , | 经 | 常 | 给 | 皇 | |
| dì | tí | chū | hǎo | jiàn | yì | dé | dào | huáng | ||
| 帝 | 提 | 出 | 好 | 建 | 议 | , | 得 | 到 | 皇 | |
| dì | de | xìn | rèn | |||||||
| 帝 | 的 | 信 | 任 | 。 | ||||||
| nà | shí | hòu | zhāo | tíng | xuǎn | bá | guān | lì | ||
| 那 | 时 | 候 | , | 朝 | 廷 | 选 | 拔 | 官 | 吏 | |
| yī | bān | dū | shì | yóu | yǒu | míng | wàng | de | ||
| , | 一 | 般 | 都 | 是 | 由 | 有 | 名 | 望 | 的 | |
| rén | tuī | jiàn | ér | tuī | jiàn | de | rén | |||
| 人 | 推 | 荐 | , | 而 | 推 | 荐 | 的 | 人 | , | |
| yī | bān | yòu | zhǐ | zài | yǒu | míng | wàng | de | rén | |
| 一 | 般 | 又 | 只 | 在 | 有 | 名 | 望 | 的 | 人 | |
| lǐ | kǎo | lǜ | ||||||||
| 里 | 考 | 虑 | 。 | |||||||
| qí | shí | hǎo | duō | yǒu | míng | wàng | de | rén | ||
| 其 | 实 | , | 好 | 多 | 有 | 名 | 望 | 的 | 人 | |
| zhǐ | shì | zuǐ | shàng | néng | shuō | bìng | bù | huì | ||
| 只 | 是 | 嘴 | 上 | 能 | 说 | , | 并 | 不 | 会 | |
| gān | shí | jì | de | shì | yīn | cǐ | huáng | |||
| 干 | 实 | 际 | 的 | 事 | , | 因 | 此 | , | 皇 | |
| dì | hěn | bù | mǎn | |||||||
| 帝 | 很 | 不 | 满 | 。 | ||||||
| yǒu | yī | tiān | huáng | dì | zhǔn | bèi | xuǎn | bá | ||
| 有 | 一 | 天 | , | 皇 | 帝 | 准 | 备 | 选 | 拔 | |
| yī | gè | yǒu | cái | néng | de | rén | bìng | yào | ||
| 一 | 个 | 有 | 才 | 能 | 的 | 人 | , | 并 | 要 | |
| lú | yù | tuī | jiàn | huán | shuō | xuǎn | zé | rén | ||
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| cái | bù | néng | guāng | zhǎo | yǒu | míng | shēng | de | rén | |
| 才 | 不 | 能 | 光 | 找 | 有 | 名 | 声 | 的 | 人 | |
| míng | shēng | zhǐ | bù | guò | shì | huà | chū | lái | ||
| , | 名 | 声 | 只 | 不 | 过 | 是 | 画 | 出 | 来 | |
| de | yī | zhāng | bǐng | zhǐ | néng | kàn | bù | |||
| 的 | 一 | 张 | 饼 | , | 只 | 能 | 看 | , | 不 | |
| néng | chī | de | ||||||||
| 能 | 吃 | 的 | 。 | |||||||
| hòu | lái | rén | men | jiù | yòng | zhè | gè | chéng | ||
| 后 | 来 | , | 人 | 们 | 就 | 用 | 这 | 个 | 成 | |
| yǔ | bǐ | yù | zì | jǐ | ān | wèi | zì | jǐ | ||
| 语 | 比 | 喻 | 自 | 己 | 安 | 慰 | 自 | 己 | , | |
| bù | néng | jiě | jué | shí | jì | wèn | tí | de | fāng | |
| 不 | 能 | 解 | 决 | 实 | 际 | 问 | 题 | 的 | 方 | |
| fǎ | ||||||||||
| 法 | 。 | |||||||||
| nǐ | zhè | zhǒng | zuò | fǎ | zhǐ | shì | huà | bǐng | chōng | |
| 你 | 这 | 种 | 做 | 法 | 只 | 是 | 画 | 饼 | 充 | |
| jī | méi | yǒu | rèn | hé | shí | jì | zuò | yòng | ||
| 饥 | , | 没 | 有 | 任 | 何 | 实 | 际 | 作 | 用 | |
| 。 | ||||||||||
| To draw a cake to satisfy hunger |
| Lu Yu lived in the Kingdom of Wei during the Three Kingdoms periods. He was orphaned at the age of ten. |
| So he undertook the task of supporting his sister-in-law and nephew through a period of extreme hardship.Meanwhile, he also studied hard. He was praised all around for his noble deeds and depth of knowledge. |
| Later he became an official and still worked hard and put forth valuable advice to the emperor, so the emperor placed great trust in him. |
| At that time, the selection process of government officials depended on the recommendation of powerful and influential men. |
| These men would always recommend famous persons who were all mouth and no action which displeased the emperor. |
| One time, the emperor asked Lu Yu to recommend an official and said to him: "the selection of government officials should not rely solely on one's fame which is just like a cake drawn on the ground, while it may be good to look at it does not satisfy one's hunger." |
| This story gave rise to the idiom "draw a cake to satisfy hunger. " Now it is used to describe someone who uses fantasy to satisfy oneself and means that empty reputation is of no practical value. |
| Your action is just like drawing a cake to satisfy hunger, which has no practical effect. |
| index pinyin-less version |