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孤掌难鸣

gū zhǎng nán míng
Rare

Definitions

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

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Child Words of 孤掌难鸣

难
nán

difficult (to...)

难
nàn

disaster

孤
gū

lone

掌
zhǎng

palm of the hand

鸣
míng

to cry (of birds, animals and insects)