What Does "单木不成林嘛" (dān mù bù chéng lín ma) Mean?

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单木不成林嘛

dān mù bù chéng lín ma

One tree doesn't make a forest.

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E30

Clip Timestamp

12:10

TMDB ID

284110

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	那你不用敲人了以后敲鼓卖艺去吧	nà nǐ bù yòng qiāo rén le yǐ hòu qiāo gǔ mài yì qù ba	Don't beat people's backs. Just beat the drum for a living.
2▶	单木不成林嘛	dān mù bù chéng lín ma	One tree doesn't make a forest.
3	这里头我的鼓也就占五毛钱剩下的是你跟秦娥的唱	zhè lǐ tóu wǒ de gǔ yě jiù zhàn wǔ máo qián shèng xià de shì nǐ gēn qín é de chàng	My drumming is only worth fifty fen. The rest is for you and Qin'e's singing.

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给他当牛做马呀

gěi tā dāng niú zuò mǎ yawho works herself to the bone!

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小伙子那不管咋说还是你妈呢嘛

xiǎo huǒ zi nà bù guǎn zǎ shuō hái shì nǐ mā ne maYoung man, she's still your mother.

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话咋能这样说呢我不管你们省秦

huà zǎ néng zhè yàng shuō ne wǒ bù guǎn nǐ men shěng qínHow can you say that? I don't care. The provincial troupe

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赔精神损失费赔𪨊钱呢不给

péi jīng shén sǔn shī fèi péi sóng qián ne bù gěiFor my emotional distress! Pay you? Not a chance!

你能不能先把这横幅拆了赔啥钱赔钱

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你能不能先把这横幅拆了赔啥钱赔钱

nǐ néng bù néng xiān bǎ zhè héng fú chāi le péi shá qián péi qiánCan you take this banner down first? What money?

古师还抛妻弃子呢连老婆孩子都不要了

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古师还抛妻弃子呢连老婆孩子都不要了

gǔ shī hái pāo qī qì zi ne lián lǎo pó hái zi dōu bú yào leMaster Gu abandoned his family? He dumped his wife and kid?

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报警嘛报啥警挂了挂了挂了

bào jǐng ma bào shá jǐng guà le guà le guà leCalling the police. Why call the police? Hang up!

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你还嫌事不够大还报警呢

nǐ hái xián shì bù gòu dà huán bào jǐng neThink things aren't bad enough? Calling the police?

HSK 7

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给我个说法闹事呢

gěi wǒ gè shuō fǎ nào shì neAn explanation! He's causing trouble!

HSK 2

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你你这是啊达（哪里）的你

nǐ nǐ zhè shì a dá （ nǎ lǐ ） de nǐWhere are you from?

HSK 1

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一日夫妻百日恩

yī rì fū qī bǎi rì ēnWe were a couple after all.

HSK 6

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你这还是英雄难过美人关呀

nǐ zhè hái shì yīng xióng nán guò měi rén guān yaEven a hero cannot overcome the trial of a beauty.

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也不嫌丢人现眼

yě bù xián diū rén xiàn yǎnhe has no shame at all.

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我就特看不起那不专一的男人

wǒ jiù tè kàn bù qǐ nà bù zhuān yī de nán rénI just despise unfaithful men.

HSK 7

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悬崖勒马回头是岸

xuán yá lè mǎ huí tóu shì ànTurn back before it's too late.

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执迷不悟者苦海无边

zhí mí bù wù zhě kǔ hǎi wú biānStubbornness leads to endless pain.

HSK 6

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布置工作的时候装聋作哑

bù zhì gōng zuò de shí hòu zhuāng lóng zuò yǎYou play dumb when work is assigned,

HSK 6

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你长得好看嘛不看你看谁呢

nǐ zhǎng dé hǎo kàn ma bù kàn nǐ kàn shuí neBecause you're pretty. Who else would I look at?

看啥呢嘛好赖让他给个痛快话撇（一边去）撇

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看啥呢嘛好赖让他给个痛快话撇（一边去）撇

kàn shá ne ma hǎo lài ràng tā gěi gè tòng kuài huà piē （ yī biān qù ） piē- Why are you staring? - We need an answer. Go, go.

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我是一分钟也待不下去了

wǒ shì yì fēn zhōng yě dài bù xià qù leI couldn't stay there for another minute.