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独木不成林

独
獨
木
木
不
不
成
成
林
林
a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom) / one cannot accomplish much on one's own

Characters and words in 独木不成林

独
獨
dú = du + Ø2
alone / independent / single / sole / only
Add a new mnemonic for 独 = 犭 + 虫
Add a new mnemonic for 獨 = 犭 + 蜀
木
mù = mu + Ø4
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden
Add a new mnemonic for 木 = 八 + 十
不
bù = bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
Add a new mnemonic for 不 = 丆 + 卜
不
成
won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
成
chéng = ch + (e)ng2
surname Cheng
Add a new mnemonic for 成 = 万 + 戈
Add a new mnemonic for 成 = 戊 + 丁
成
chéng = ch + (e)ng2
to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth
Add a new mnemonic for 成 = 万 + 戈
Add a new mnemonic for 成 = 戊 + 丁
林
lín = li + (e)n2
woods / forest / CL:片[pian4] / circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / a collection (of similar things)
Add a new mnemonic for 林 = 木

Words with 独木不成林

单丝不成线，独木不成林
单
單
丝
絲
不
不
成
成
线
線
，
，
,
独
獨
木
木
不
不
成
成
林
林
one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)

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