一木難支

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	tree; wood	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money
trad. (一木難支)		一	木	難	支
simp. (一木难支)		一	木	难	支

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīmùnánzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄇㄨˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ muk⁶ naan⁴ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīmùnánzhī [Phonetic: yímùnánzhī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄇㄨˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yimùnánjhih
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-mu⁴-nan²-chih¹
    • Yale: yī-mù-nán-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: imuhnanjy
    • Palladius: имунаньчжи (imunanʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ mu⁵¹ nän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ muk⁶ naan⁴ zi¹
    • Yale: yāt muhk nàahn jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ muk⁹ naan⁴ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ mug⁶ nan⁴ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ mʊk̚² naːn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

一木難支

1. "one post cannot hold a falling structure"; just one person cannot save something doomed to fail