独木不成林

dúmùbùchénglín

one tree doesn't make a forest—one person alone can't accomplish much

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du2 mu4 bu4 cheng2 lin2

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

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独木不成林

dú mù bù chéng lín

One tree does not make a forest. -- isolated efforts are of not much value for their effects; One person alone cannot accomplish much.; Unorganized individual efforts count little.

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獨木不成林|独木不成林 [dú mù bù chéng lín] ► a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom) ► one cannot accomplish much on one's own