单丝不成线
dān​sī​bù​chéng​xiàn

one person alone cannot achieve much

  • created sense approved 单丝不成线/單絲不成線 · dān​sī​bù​chéng​xiàn · one person alone cannot achieve much — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    单丝不成线 / 單絲不成線

    dān​sī​bù​chéng​xiàn

    one person alone cannot achieve much

    a single thread cannot make a cord; one person cannot accomplish a task alone and needs cooperation from others

    单 (literal) → 单/單 · dān · single 丝 (literal) → 丝/絲 · sī · silk 不成 (literal) → 不成 · bù​chéng · to fail 线 (literal) → 线/線 · xiàn · thread

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense