独木不成林 in English du2 mu4 bu4 cheng2 lin2 Meaning

Meanings

• a lone tree does not make a forest (idiomatic expression)
• one cannot accomplish much on one's own

Pinyin

du2 mu4 bu4 cheng2 lin2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

独du2alone 木mu4surname Mu 不bu4(negative prefix) 成cheng2surname Cheng 林lin2surname Lin