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独木不成林

dú mù bù chéng lín

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Definitions

  1. 1. a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)
  2. 2. one cannot accomplish much on one's own

Words Containing 独木不成林

单丝不成线，独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín

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

Child Words of 独木不成林

林
lín

woods

成
chéng

to succeed

独
dú

alone

木
mù

(bound form) tree

不
bù

no; not so

不成
bù chéng

won't do