畫餅充饑 (Huà bǐng chōng jī) Lit. Draw a cake to satisfy the hunger From https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/bookView.jsp?ID=957 According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, Lu Yu (盧毓) from the Wei Kingdom in the Three Kingdoms Period was an upright man who had the courage to speak his mind when remonstrating to his superiors. As such, he…