巧妇难为无米之炊

qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī

Definitions

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

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Child Words of 巧妇难为无米之炊

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

opportunely

as (in the capacity of)

because of

not to have

rice

difficult (to...)

disaster

woman

clever wife

to cook food

to bother