一木难支 — Chinese idiom
一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
Traditional: 一木難支
Meaning
- lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house
- fig. one is helpless alone
Character by character
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 木mùtree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 难nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable
- 支zhīto support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a bra
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一干二净 yī gān èr jìng
- 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 一五一十 yī wǔ yī shí
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 一元复始 yī yuán fù shǐ
- 一刀两断 yī dāo liǎng duàn
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