独木不成林
Traditional form:
獨木不成林
Pinyin (reading):
dúmùbùchénglín
Definitions:
- a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)
- one cannot accomplish much on one's own
Characters:
- 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
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