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那位文学高人帮我翻译这个成语故事(英文)

三国时代魏国的皇帝曹睿,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:“选拔人才,不能光找有虚名的人。虚名好比是地上画的一块饼,只能看,不能解决肚子饥饿的问题啊!”
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。

In the Three Kingdom Period(220-280), the king of the state of Wei, Cao Rui, wanted 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 reputatiopn. A false reputation is just like a picture of a cake, it cant relieve hunger."
Later, this idiom came to be used to mean comforting oneself with unrealistic thoughts, without solving practical problems.