独木不成林

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

alone / independent / single / sole / only

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?

surname Cheng

to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth

woods / forest / CL:片[pian4] / circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / a collection (of similar things)

one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)