无米之炊 — “Cooking without rice”
无米之炊 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be unable to accomplish something due to lack of necessary conditions or resources; to try to make bricks without straw”. Literally, “cooking without rice”.
无米之炊 Pronunciation and Pinyin
无米之炊 Character Breakdown
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Idioms Related to 无米之炊
More idioms starting with 无
- wú无yī一bù不bèi备everything is provided
- wú无yī一bù不zhī知know everything
- wú无yī一kě可not a single redeeming quality
- wú无wàn万dà大qiān千innumerable, countless
- wú无xià下zhù箸chǔ处overwhelmed by an abundance of food
- wú无yǔ与wéi为bǐ比unparalleled, without equal
- wú无yǔ与lún伦bǐ比incomparable and matchless
- wú无yǔ与bǐ比lún伦Unrivaled; beyond compare
- wú无yè业yóu游mín民unemployed wandering vagrant
- wú无sī丝yǒu有xiàn线under a cloud of suspicion
- wú无zhōng中shēng生yǒu有fabricate something out of nothing
- wú无wéi为zhī之zhì治governance by non-interference
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Open the tool →Questions about 无米之炊
What does 无米之炊 mean?
无米之炊 (wú mǐ zhī chuī) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be unable to accomplish something due to lack of necessary conditions or resources; to try to make bricks without straw”.
How do you pronounce 无米之炊?
无米之炊 is pronounced wú mǐ zhī chuī in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 无米之炊 literally mean?
Literally, 无米之炊 means “cooking without rice”. It is used to mean “to be unable to accomplish something due to lack of necessary conditions or resources; to try to make bricks without straw”.
What is the Chinese definition of 无米之炊?
炊：做饭。比喻缺少必要条件无法办成的事。