ติดโพย (PopThai)

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Pronunciation

巧妇难为无米之炊 (qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī)

Vocabulary List

巧 (qiǎo, ㄑㄧㄠˇ) opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely [CE-DICT] 妇 (fù, ㄈㄨˋ) woman [CE-DICT] 难 (nán, ㄋㄢˊ) difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good [CE-DICT] (nàn, ㄋㄢˋ) disaster; distress; to scold [CE-DICT] 为 (wéi, ㄨㄟˊ) as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do [CE-DICT] (wèi, ㄨㄟˋ) because of; for; to [CE-DICT] 无 (む) (n) (1) nothing; naught; nought; nil; zero; (pref) (2) un-; non- [EDICT] (wú, ㄨˊ) -less; not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un- [CE-DICT] 米 (こめ(P);よね(ok);めめ(ok);コメ) (n) (1) (husked grains of) rice; (2) (よね only) 88 years old; (P) [EDICT] (べい) (pref,suf) (See 亜米利加・アメリカ,米国) America; American [EDICT] (メートル) (n) (1) (uk) metre (fre [EDICT] (mǐ, ㄇㄧˇ) meter (classifier); rice; surname Mi [CE-DICT] 之 (これ) (pn) (1) (uk) (See 何れ・1,其れ・1,彼・あれ・1) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (hum) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (arch) here; (5) (arch) I (me); (6) (arch) certainly; (P) [EDICT] (の) (prt) (arch) possessive (used on tombs, etc.) [EDICT] (zhī, ㄓ) (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it [CE-DICT] 炊 (chuī, ㄔㄨㄟ) dress food; to steam; to cook food [CE-DICT]