孤掌難鳴
gū​zhǎng​nán​míng

it takes two to tango

  • created reference approved 孤掌难鸣/孤掌難鳴 → 一个巴掌拍不响/一個巴掌拍不響 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    孤掌难鸣 / 孤掌難鳴 gū​zhǎng​nán​míng

    一个巴掌拍不响 / 一個巴掌拍不響 yī​ge​bā​zhang​pāi​bu​xiǎng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 孤掌难鸣/孤掌難鳴 · gū​zhǎng​nán​míng · it takes two to tango — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    孤掌难鸣 / 孤掌難鳴

    gū​zhǎng​nán​míng

    it takes two to tango

    one hand cannot clap; used to describe a situation where one person alone is unable to achieve a goal or resolve a conflict without support or cooperation from others

    孤 (literal) → 孤 · gū · solitary 掌 (literal) → 掌 · zhǎng · palm 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · difficult 鸣 (literal) → 鸣/鳴 · míng · to sound

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

    created sense