孤掌难鸣

Traditional form:

孤掌難鳴

Pinyin (reading):

gūzhǎngnánmíng

Definitions:

• It's hard to clap with only one hand.
• It takes two to tango
• It's difficult to achieve anything without support.

Characters:

• 孤 - orphaned; alone, lonely, solidary
• 掌 - in charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot
• 难 - hard, difficult, arduous; unable
• 鸣 - a bird call or animal cry; to make a sound

Traditional characters:

• 孤 - orphaned; alone, lonely, solidary
• 掌 - in charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot
• 難 - hard, difficult, arduous; unable
• 鳴 - a bird call or animal cry; to make a sound