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巧妇难为无米之炊【qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī】

The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.

汉语词典Chinese definitions

巧妇难为无米之炊【qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī】

jí shǐ即使fēi cháng非常líng qiǎo灵巧de的rén人，zuò shì做事quē fá缺乏bì yào tiáo jiàn必要条件，Yě也nán yǐ难以wán chéng完成

shí zhì jīn rì时至今日，Píng平xīn jìng心静qì气jiā yǐ加以guī huà规划，kǒng恐yì亦xì系qiǎo巧fù妇nán难wéi为wú无Mǐ米zhī之chuī炊，kuàng况gōng wù rén yuán公务人员Shàng尚yǒu有bì yào必要zhī之rèn yòng任用zī gé资格，chéng诚nán shàng jiā nán难上加难。

巧妇难为无米之炊【qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī】

The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.

汉语词典Chinese definitions

巧妇难为无米之炊【qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī】

jí shǐ即使fēi cháng非常líng qiǎo灵巧de的rén人，zuò shì做事quē fá缺乏bì yào tiáo jiàn必要条件，Yě也nán yǐ难以wán chéng完成

shí zhì jīn rì时至今日，Píng平xīn jìng心静qì气jiā yǐ加以guī huà规划，kǒng恐yì亦xì系qiǎo巧fù妇nán难wéi为wú无Mǐ米zhī之chuī炊，kuàng况gōng wù rén yuán公务人员Shàng尚yǒu有bì yào必要zhī之rèn yòng任用zī gé资格，chéng诚nán shàng jiā nán难上加难。

巧

HSK 32

含义skillful, ingenious, clever

拼音qiǎo

妇

HSK 4

含义married women; woman; wife

拼音fù

难

HSK 1

含义difficult, arduous, hard; unable

拼音nán

为

HSK 2

含义do, handle, govern, act; be

拼音wèi

无

HSK 4

含义negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

拼音wú

米

HSK 11

含义hulled or husked uncooked rice

拼音mǐ

之

HSK 42

含义marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to

拼音zhī

炊

HSK 7-9

含义cook; meal

拼音chuī