qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī

Traditional: 巧婦難為無米之炊

巧妇难为无米之炊 (qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī) is a Chinese word meaning “The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 巧妇难为无米之炊

巧qiǎo · opportunely妇fù · woman难nán · difficult (to...)为wéi · as (in the capacity of)无mó · used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]米mǐ · uncooked rice之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])炊chuī · to cook food

Related words

因为because; owing to; on account of为什么why?为as (in the capacity of)为because of为variant of 為|为[wei2]为variant of 為|为[wei4]认为to believe; to think; to consider; to feel为了for; for the purpose of; in order to以为to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before之后after; behind

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