没土打不成墙,没苗打不下粮 沒土打不成牆,沒苗打不下糧 沒土打不成牆,沒苗打不下糧

without earth you can't build a rammed wall, without seedlings you can't harvest grain

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
Without the basic conditions, nothing can be accomplished.
Simplified
没土打不成墙,没苗打不下粮
Traditional (Taiwan)
沒土打不成牆,沒苗打不下糧
Pinyin
méi tǔ dǎ bùchéng qiáng, méi miáo dǎ búxià liáng
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ㄇㄟˊ ㄊㄨˇ ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ,ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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