「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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