单丝不成线，独木不成林

dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín

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

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Child Words of 单丝不成线，独木不成林

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 不成 不成 bù chéng: won't do
• 单 单 dān: bill
• 成 成 chéng: to succeed
• 独 独 dú: alone
• 丝 丝 sī: silk
• 线 线 xiàn: thread
• 木 木 mù: (bound form) tree
• 林 林 lín: woods
• 独木不成林 独木不成林 dú mù bù chéng lín: a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)