There is no house to build a beam
In Chinese, the Pinyin is m é IW à Ji à Li á ng, which means nothing. It's from Ling Mengchu's the second moment of surprise.
Idioms and allusions
It comes from the fourth volume of Ling Mengchu's the second quarter of the Ming Dynasty: "more ruthless people should start from the bottom of the wall at the head of the house: deceiving relatives, invading the countryside, receiving donations, nesting thieves, making waves without wind and without a roof."
Discrimination of words
Usage: used as an object or attributive
Chinese PinYin : méi wū jià liáng
There is no house to build a beam
of the same hidden virtue and the same commonplace. hé guāng tóng chén