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孤掌难鸣

gū zhǎng nán míng

4-character word Traditional 孤掌難鳴

What 孤掌难鸣 means

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

The characters in 孤掌难鸣

• 孤gūlone; lonely
• 掌zhǎngpalm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw
• 难nándifficult (to...); problem; difficulty
• 鸣míngto cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound…

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