when the skin is gone, where can the hair adhere; a thing cannot exist without its basis
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesproverb
a thing cannot exist without its foundation or basis
literary用于强调根本的、基础性条件的不可或缺性。源自《左传·僖公十四年》。
Yī一
gè个
guó国
jiā家
méi没
yǒu有
qiáng强
dà大
de的
jīng经
jì济
zuò做
hòu后
dùn盾
，
wén文
huà化
fā发
zhǎn展
jiù就
shì是
pí皮
zhī之
bù不
cún存
，
máo毛
jiāng将
yān焉
fù附
。
Without a strong economy as its backing, a country's cultural development is like hair trying to attach where there is no skin.
Shī失
qù去
le了
qún群
zhòng众
de的
xìn信
rèn任
，
tā他
de的
zhèng政
zhì治
shēng生
yá涯
biàn便
shì是
pí皮
zhī之
bù不
cún存
，
máo毛
jiāng将
yān焉
fù附
。
Having lost the trust of the people, his political career cannot exist, like hair without skin to attach to.