巧妇难为无米之炊 qiǎofùnánwéiwúmǐzhīchuī impossible without means Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 巧妇难为无米之炊 (巧婦難為無米之炊) qiǎofùnánwéiwúmǐzhīchuī impossible without means idiom The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice; even the most capable person cannot succeed without the necessary resources. Frequency Written text 0.244 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
巧妇难为无米之炊 (巧婦難為無米之炊) qiǎofùnánwéiwúmǐzhīchuī impossible without means idiom The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice; even the most capable person cannot succeed without the necessary resources. Frequency Written text 0.244 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)