孤掌難鳴

Chinese

lone; lonely palm (of hand); in charge of
disaster; distress; to scold
disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
 
 to cry (of birds)
trad. (孤掌難鳴) 孤 掌 難 鳴
simp. (孤掌难鸣) 孤 掌 难 鸣
Literally: “it's hard to clap with one hand”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

孤掌難鳴

  1. It is hard to succeed without support.
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