| 一个巴掌拍不响 |
yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng |
lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 一个 |
yī ge |
a; an; one / the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 个 |
gě |
used in 自个儿 |
| 个 |
gè |
(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) / (bound form) individual |
| 个 |
gè |
variant of 个 |
| 巴 |
Bā |
Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan) / the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality / surname Ba / abbr. for 巴勒斯坦 (Palestine), 巴基斯坦 (Pakistan) or 巴西 (Brazil) |
| 巴 |
bā |
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail |
| 巴掌 |
bā zhang |
palm of the hand / classifier: slap |
| 掌 |
zhǎng |
palm of the hand / sole of the foot / paw / horseshoe / to slap / to hold in one's hand / to wield |
| 拍 |
pāi |
to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music) |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 响 |
xiǎng |
echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises |