巧妇难为无米之炊

Traditional: 巧婦難為無米之炊

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Dictionary entry

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

What does 巧妇难为无米之炊 mean?

巧妇难为无米之炊 (qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī) has the following dictionary meaning.

1The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.

Character breakdown

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巧qiǎoopportunely · coincidentally 妇fùwoman 难nándifficult (to...) · problem 为wéias (in the capacity of) · to take sth as 无móused in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]米Mǐsurname Mi 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 炊chuīto cook food

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巧妇难为无米之炊

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