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Wú zhēn bù yǐn xiàn.

無針不引線。

Lit [If] there's no needle, [one can]not draw the thread [through].

Fig Nothing can be accomplished without someone's introduction or recommendation.

Note [Cf. Wǔ Sōng, chap. 2; note: as a noun, yǐnxiàn, (lit) “thread drawer,” refers to a “go-between.”]

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