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独木不成林

dú mù bù chéng lín

5-character word Traditional 獨木不成林

What 独木不成林 means

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

The characters in 独木不成林

• 独dúalone; independent; single
• 木mù(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
• 林lín(bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)…

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

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