Read Edit View history 巧妇难为无米之炊 qiǎofùnánwéiwúmǐzhīchuī impossible without means Origin Definitions Defs 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)