獨木難支一木難支dú mù nán zhīone log cannot prop up a tottering building—one person alone cannot save the situation; one cannot sustain (/stem) the adversity all by himself
? 大廈將傾，非一木所支也。(王通 《文中子·事君》) When the whole building is tottering,one log alone cannot prop it up.
? 大廈將傾，～，他的垂死掙扎有什么用呢？ The whole edifice was tottering and one person alone could not save the situation. So what was the use of his last-ditch struggle? 獨木難支du mu nan zhione log can’t prop up a tottering building—one person alone can’t save the situation 獨木難支dú mù nán zhī一根木頭支撐不了要倒的大樓。比喻一個人的力量難以維持全局。one person alone cannot save the situation, one log can’t prop up a building |