眾人拾柴火焰高 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

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