Chinese–English
一个巴掌拍不响
yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng · yi ge ba zhang pai bu xiang
Traditional 一個巴掌拍不響
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- 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
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