one can't make bricks without straw

one can't make bricks without straw

It's a proverb that a clever woman can't cook without rice. The Pinyin is Qi ǎ of ù n á NW é IW ú m ǐ zh ī Chu ī, which means that even a smart and capable woman can't cook without rice. No matter how capable people are, if they lack the necessary conditions, they will not succeed. It comes from Volume 3 of notes of Lao xue'an written by Lu You of Song Dynasty: "Yan Jingchu was a minister, and asked the monk to stay in hospital. The monk's words were poor and crude. Jingchu said, "Gaocai has a firm ear." The monk said, "can Qiaofu an make noodle free soup cakes?"

Idiom explanation

Even smart and capable women can't make a living without rice. It is difficult to do things without necessary conditions.

The origin of Idioms

The third volume of notes of laoxue nunnery written by Lu You in Song Dynasty: "Yan Jingchu was a minister and asked the monk to stay in hospital. The monk's words were poor and crude. Jingchu said, "Gaocai has a firm ear." The monk said, "can Qiaofu an make noodle free soup cakes?"

Discrimination of words

Examples of idioms: (1) although everyone has enthusiasm, but "a skillful woman can't cook without rice", without raw materials, can only stop work. (2) No matter how skillful the writing skills are, if there are no materials, you can't write a good work, just as a skillful woman can't cook without rice. commonly used degree: commonly used emotional color: commendatory words idiom structure: subject predicate type generation time: ancient idiom sound: cook, can't be read as "Cu ī", for Chu ī, can't be read as "W è I". idiom shape discrimination: cooking, not writing "blowing". It's hard to cook without rice; it's hard to cook without rice

Grammatical usage

It is difficult to do things without necessary conditions