It's hard to clap with only one hand.; It takes two to tango; It's difficult to achieve anything without support.
trad. 孤掌難鳴
Also written 孤掌難鳴【gū zhǎng nán míng】
Characters in this word
4孤
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
lone, lonely
- Pinyin
- gū
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 30091 of 2500
掌
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palm of the hand, sole of the foot, paw, horseshoe, to slap, to hold in one's hand, to wield
- Pinyin
- zhǎng
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 14233 of 2500
难
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difficult (to...), problem, difficulty, difficult, not good
- Pinyin
- nán
- Traditional
- 難
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1327 of 2500
鸣
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to cry (of birds, animals and insects), to make a sound, to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
- Pinyin
- míng
- Traditional
- 鳴
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 25342 of 2500