To be unable to accomplish something due to lack of necessary conditions or resources; to try to make bricks without straw.
没有充足的资金支持，这个公益项目就像是无米之炊，很难真正启动。
Without sufficient financial support, this public welfare project is like cooking without rice; it's very difficult to actually get it started.
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Early Modern
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