皮之不存，毛将焉附（皮之不存，毛將焉附）　

◎ 皮之不存,毛将焉附 pí zhī bù cún,máo jiāng yān fù

[with the skin gone,what can the hair adhere to — a thing cannot exist without its basis] 皮都没有了,毛还长在哪儿?比喻失去了基础,事物就无法存在