无火难成炊無火難成炊無火難成炊

without fire it is hard to cook a meal

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Nothing can be done without the necessary conditions. Close to "you can't make bricks without straw."

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Simplified: 无火难成炊
Traditional (Taiwan): 無火難成炊
Pinyin: wú huǒ nán chéng chuī
Bopomofo: ㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄟ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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