獨木不成林

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

2 Written Forms

Meanings

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

Written Forms

獨木不成林Traditional · Main Form
独木不成林Alternate Form

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