无盐不解淡 — “You must invest resources or effort to achieve desired results”
无盐不解淡 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “You must invest resources or effort to achieve desired results”. Nothing comes from nothing. You have to spend money or put in effort to get results. Literally, “No salt, no relief from blandness”.
无盐不解淡 Pronunciation and Pinyin
无盐不解淡 Character Breakdown
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Idioms Related to 无盐不解淡
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 无盐不解淡
What does 无盐不解淡 mean?
无盐不解淡 (wú yán bù jiě dàn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “You must invest resources or effort to achieve desired results”.
How do you pronounce 无盐不解淡?
无盐不解淡 is pronounced wú yán bù jiě dàn in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 无盐不解淡 literally mean?
Literally, 无盐不解淡 means “no salt, no relief from blandness”. It is used to mean “You must invest resources or effort to achieve desired results”.
What is the Chinese definition of 无盐不解淡?
比喻不下本钱就办不成事。