How to say "巧妇难为无米炊" (qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ chuī) in Chinese dialogue

qiǎonánwéichuī

One can't make something out of nothing.

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Source Media
TV Series
Season & Episode
S1 E34
Clip Timestamp
26:08
TMDB ID
292696
Conversation Context
LineChinesePinyinTranslation
1当世名医鹤来先生不是也在山中dāng shì míng yī hè lái xiān shēng bú shì yě zài shān zhōngWasn't the famous physician Master Helai also in there?
2巧妇难为无米炊qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ chuīOne can't make something out of nothing.
3彼时离山已弹尽粮绝 吃喝尚且勉强bǐ shí lí shān yǐ dàn jìn liáng jué chī hē shàng qiě miǎn qiǎngAt that time, Lishan Mountain had exhausted all supplies. They barely had enough food and water, how could they have enough herbs?

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去年腊月 方从京兆府大牢放出来
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qù nián là yuè fāng cóng jīng zhào fǔ dà láo fàng chū láiHe was released from Jingzhao prison last twelfth month.

你天天到三叔这来 三叔欢迎 但是你不能在我这
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nǐ tiān tiān dào sān shū zhè lái sān shū huān yíng dàn shì nǐ bù néng zài wǒ zhèYou come to my place every day, and I welcome you. But you can't just hang around with all sorts of shady characters here.

尽结交些不三不四的人吧
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jǐn jié jiāo xiē bù sān bù sì de rén baBut you can't just hang around with all sorts of shady characters here.

谁让你这长生坊尽是这般人物 我偷听到
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shuí ràng nǐ zhè cháng shēng fāng jìn shì zhè bān rén wù wǒ tōu tīng dàoWhose fault is it that your shop is full of such people? I overheard that Commander of Suixue Pass was killed,