独木不成林

dú mù bù chéng lín

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

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Words Containing 独木不成林

• 单丝不成线，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

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 不成 不成 bù chéng: won't do
• 成 成 chéng: to succeed
• 独 独 dú: alone
• 木 木 mù: (bound form) tree
• 林 林 lín: woods