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    3. 孤掌鳴らし難し

    孤掌鳴らし難し

    孤こ掌しょう鳴なら​し​難がたし​

    one cannot live solely by oneself

    NTExpressionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab57 strokes

    こしょうならしがたし

    Expressions

    1.
    one cannot live solely by oneself, one cannot accomplish anything solely by oneself, clapping with one hand is hard
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    孤
    orphan・alone
    Kanji
    掌
    てのひら・たなごころ…(1)
    palm of hand・rule・administer・conduct
    Kanji
    鳴
    な.く・な.る・な.らす…(3)
    chirp・cry・bark・sound・ring…(2)
    Kanji
    難
    かた.い・-がた.い・むずか.しい・むづか.しい・むつか.しい・-にく.い…(3)
    difficult・impossible・trouble・accident・defect
    Kanji
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    し
    shi
    Kana
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