「無氈無扇,神仙難變」
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Pronunciation: | mou4 zin1 mou4 sin3 san4 sin1 naan4 bin3 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
無 nothing; none; nil; without; lacking 氈 felt; carpet; blanket 無 nothing; none; nil; without; lacking 扇 fan 神 god; spirit; mind; expression; look; goddess; deity; not working; dysfunctional; inoperative; insane; crazy; nuts; mad; out of one's mind 仙 celestial being; euphemism for death; betray; lie; (money) cent 難 difficult; disaster; hard; catastrophe; calamity; suffering; generally, trouble 變 to change; to change into; to turn into; to transform |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
cannot make bricks without straw; cannot make a silk purse of a sow's ear; without sufficient conditions, one cannot do something even with excellent skills; literally, without a rug or a fan, a fairy cannot do the tricks
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Synonym: | Synonym: 巧婦難為無米炊 |
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