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a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom) / one cannot accomplish much on one's own
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Original source entry:

獨木不成林 独木不成林 [du2 mu4 bu4 cheng2 lin2] /a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)/one cannot accomplish much on one's own/

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