The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
trad. 巧婦難為無米之炊
Also written 巧婦難為無米之炊【qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī】
Characters in this word
8巧
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opportunely, coincidentally, as it happens, skillful, timely
- Pinyin
- qiǎo
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 9826 of 2500
妇
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woman
- Pinyin
- fù
- Traditional
- 婦
- Strokes
- 6
难
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difficult (to...), problem, difficulty, difficult, not good
- Pinyin
- nán
- Traditional
- 難
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1327 of 2500
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
米
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surname Mi
- Pinyin
- Mǐ
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1106 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
炊
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to cook food
- Pinyin
- chuī
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 20646 of 2500