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一个巴掌拍不响

yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng

7-character word Traditional 一個巴掌拍不響

What 一个巴掌拍不响 means

1. lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb)
2. fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute
3. it takes two to tango
4. it's difficult to achieve anything without support

The characters in 一个巴掌拍不响

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 个gè(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
• 巴bāto long for; to wish; to cling to
• 掌zhǎngpalm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw
• 拍pāito pat; to clap; to slap
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 响xiǎngecho; sound; noise