单丝不成线，独木不成林

Traditional form:

單絲不成線，獨木不成林

Pinyin (reading):

dānsībùchéngxiàn,dúmùbùchénglín

Definitions:

• (idiom) one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest

Characters:

• 单 - single, individual, only; lone
• 丝 - silk, fine thread; wire; strings
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
• 线 - line, thread, wire; clue, trail
• 独 - alone, independent, only, single, solitary
• 木 - tree; wood, lumber; wooden
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
• 林 - forest, grove; surname

Traditional characters:

• 單 - single, individual, only; lone
• 絲 - silk, fine thread; wire; strings
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
• 線 - line, thread, wire; clue, trail
• 獨 - alone, independent, only, single, solitary
• 木 - tree; wood, lumber; wooden
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
• 林 - forest, grove; surname