đói ăn bánh vẽ, chiêm bao thấy vàng
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Painted cakes for hunger, dreamt gold for wealth — comforts with no calories; the currency of illusion.
Examples
Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)
Sources & notes
Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “đói ăn bánh vẽ, chiêm bao thấy vàng” mean?
Painted cakes for hunger, dreamt gold for wealth — comforts with no calories; the currency of illusion. Literally: hungry: eat the drawn cake; dreaming: see gold
Is “đói ăn bánh vẽ, chiêm bao thấy vàng” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.