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Jyutping
jat1 muk6 naan4 zi1
Pinyin
yī mù nán zhī
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
fig. one is helpless alone
Definitions (Wiktionary)
phrase, idiomatic
"one post cannot hold a falling structure"; just one person cannot save something doomed to fail
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
(沒有對應漢語詞彙)