干地打不成高墙，没钱盖不起瓦房幹地打不成高牆，沒錢蓋不起瓦房幹地打不成高牆，沒錢蓋不起瓦房

dry earth can't be rammed into a high wall; without money you can't build a tile house

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: You can't get things done without the necessary conditions. Close to 'you can't make bricks without straw'.

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Simplified: 干地打不成高墙，没钱盖不起瓦房
Traditional (Taiwan): 幹地打不成高牆，沒錢蓋不起瓦房
Pinyin: gān dì dǎ bùchéng gāo qiáng, méi qián gài bù qǐ wǎfáng
Pinyin (Taiwan): gàn de dǎ bùchéng gāo qiáng, méi qián gài bù qǐ wǎfáng
Bopomofo: ㄍㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄠㄑㄧㄤˊ，ㄇㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄞˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄨㄚˇ ㄈㄤˊ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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