畫大餅

Chinese

		draw; picture; painting	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	round flat cake; cookie; cake round flat cake; cookie; cake; pastry
trad. (畫大餅)		畫	大	餅
simp. (画大饼)		画	大	饼
Literally: “to draw a large biscuit”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàdàbǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶ daai⁶ beng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàdàbǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàdàbǐng
    • Wade–Giles: hua⁴-ta⁴-ping³
    • Yale: hwà-dà-bǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahdahbiing
    • Palladius: хуадабин (xuadabin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waak⁶ daai⁶ beng²
    • Yale: waahk daaih béng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹ daai⁶ beng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶ dai⁶ béng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːk̚² taːi̯²² pɛːŋ³⁵/

Verb

畫⫽大餅 (verb-object)

1. to make ambitious promises and not fulfill them