一个巴掌拍不响

lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]

variant of 個|个[ge4]

(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) / (bound form) individual

Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan) / abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing / surname Ba / abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian / abbr. for Pakistan

to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail

palm of the hand / classifier: slap

palm of the hand / sole of the foot / paw / horseshoe / to slap / to hold in one's hand / to wield

to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music)

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

echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises