众人拾柴火焰高 zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo

DEFINITIONS

  1. when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (idiom)
  2. the more people, the more strength

CHARACTERS

众 zhòng
HSK 4
multitude, crowd; masses, public
人 rén
HSK 1
man; people; mankind; someone else
拾 shí
HSK 4
pick up, collect, tidy up; accounting form of the numeral ten
柴 chái
HSK 5
firewood, faggots, fuel
火 huǒ
HSK 2
fire, flame; burn; anger, rage
焰 yàn
HSK 6
flame, blaze; glowing, blazing
高 gāo
HSK 1
high, tall; lofty, elevated