独木不成林
独木不成林
dú mù bù chéng lín
a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom); one cannot accomplish much on one's own
idiom
Traditional: 獨木不成林
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- (idiom) a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)
- one cannot accomplish much on one's own
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Related Words
一枝独秀(yī zhī dú xiù)— lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)
→林木(lín mù)— forest
→一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴(yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn)— lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
→一成不变(yī chéng bù biàn)— nothing much changes (idiom); always the same
→HSK & Exam Info
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