巧婦難來無米之炊 — qiǎo fù nán lái wú mǐ zhī chuī

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qiǎo³

skillful, ingenious, clever / married woman; wife / hard, difficult, arduous; unable / to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on / no, not; lacking, -less / rice, millet, grain / marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to / meal; to cook, to steam

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fù⁴

skillful, ingenious, clever / married woman; wife / hard, difficult, arduous; unable / to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on / no, not; lacking, -less / rice, millet, grain / marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to / meal; to cook, to steam

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nán²

skillful, ingenious, clever / married woman; wife / hard, difficult, arduous; unable / to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on / no, not; lacking, -less / rice, millet, grain / marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to / meal; to cook, to steam

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lái²

skillful, ingenious, clever / married woman; wife / hard, difficult, arduous; unable / to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on / no, not; lacking, -less / rice, millet, grain / marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to / meal; to cook, to steam

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wú²

skillful, ingenious, clever / married woman; wife / hard, difficult, arduous; unable / to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on / no, not; lacking, -less / rice, millet, grain / marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to / meal; to cook, to steam

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mǐ³

skillful, ingenious, clever / married woman; wife / hard, difficult, arduous; unable / to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on / no, not; lacking, -less / rice, millet, grain / marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to / meal; to cook, to steam

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zhī¹

skillful, ingenious, clever / married woman; wife / hard, difficult, arduous; unable / to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on / no, not; lacking, -less / rice, millet, grain / marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to / meal; to cook, to steam

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chuī¹

skillful, ingenious, clever / married woman; wife / hard, difficult, arduous; unable / to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on / no, not; lacking, -less / rice, millet, grain / marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to / meal; to cook, to steam

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