大饼

大餅
dàbǐng
noun #40,336

Measure Word

一张大饼 zhāng

Meanings

  1. 1 large flatbread
  2. 2 empty promises; pie in the sky

Examples

HSK 5
Zǎoshang wǒ mǎi le yì zhāng dàbǐng hé yì gēn yóutiáo.
This morning I bought a flatbread and a fried dough stick.
HSK 5
Lǎobǎn huà de dàbǐng tài duō le, dàjiā dōu bú xìn le.
The boss has made so many empty promises that nobody believes them any more.

Tips

culture
In Shanghai 大饼 is a baked sesame flatbread, one of the city's four classic breakfast foods with 油条, 豆浆 and 糯米团. Online, 画大饼 'to draw a big flatbread' means to promise rewards that will never come, and the promise itself is called a 大饼.

Stroke Order

大 dà
饼 bǐng