一個巴掌拍不響

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Chinese

one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 
(a measure word); individual palm; slap on the face
to clap; to pat; to beat
to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)
 
not; no
to make a sound; to sound; to ring
to make a sound; to sound; to ring; (a measure word for sound); loud
 
trad. (一個巴掌拍不響) 巴掌
simp. (一个巴掌拍不响) 巴掌
Literally: “one hand clapping does not make a sound”.

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Proverb

一個巴掌拍不響

  1. it takes two to tango

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