一木难支
Traditional form:
一木難支
Pinyin (reading):
yīmùnánzhī
Definitions:
- lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
- fig. one is helpless alone
Characters:
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 木 - tree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 难 - hard, difficult, arduous; unable
- 支 - to support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank)
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