孤掌難鳴

It's hard to clap with only one hand. / It takes two to tango / It's difficult to achieve anything without support.

Characters and words in 孤掌難鳴

lone / lonely

= + : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is currently the space station's lone (孤) inhabitant. To feel less lonely (孤), she drew a mosquito's (孑) face on a melon (瓜) to have somebody to talk to in front of the space station (Ø1).
palm of the hand / sole of the foot / paw / horseshoe / to slap / to hold in one's hand / to wield

= + : Inside the anglepod (ang3), James II of England (zh) and the Buddhist monk (尚) play catch using two baseball gloves (手) and a horseshoe (掌).
difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a video game which is almost impossible to beat.

= + : Just inside the anthill's kitchen, Napoleon and a sparrow are trying to beat an insanely difficult video game. After playing and failing all day long Napoleon finally loses his temper and crashes the game wearing two boxing gloves.
disaster / distress / to scold
to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)

= + : Marilyn Monroe (mi) took away the turkey's (鸟) mandarin (口) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and now the turkey is crying (鸣).

Words with 孤掌難鳴

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