「一人計短,二人計長」
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Pronunciation: | jat1 jan4 gai3 dyun2 ji6 jan4 gai3 coeng4 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
一 one; as soon as; once 人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person 計 to count; to calculate; to accord to; solution 短 short; (of length) short; (of time) short; weak; deficient 二 two 人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person 計 to count; to calculate; to accord to; solution 長 to grow; long; length; strong point; merit; specialty |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
by cooperating one can achieve more; "two heads are better than one"; literally: one person's strategy is short, two people's strategy is long
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See also: | 三個臭皮匠,勝過一個諸葛亮 |
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