独木不成林 dú mù bù chéng lín

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

独 dú
HSK 5
alone, single, solitary, only
木 mù
HSK 5
tree; wood, lumber; wooden
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
成 chéng
HSK 3
completed, finished, fixed
林 lín
HSK 4
forest, grove; surname