巧妇难为无米之炊

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 巧妇难为无米之炊 – see 巧婦難為無米之炊 (“the cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice; you can’t make bricks without straw”). (This term is the simplified form of 巧婦難為無米之炊).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.