a single post cannot bear the burden

a single post cannot bear the burden

It's a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī m ù n á nzh ī, which means that the building is going to collapse, and it can't be supported by a single piece of wood. It means that one's strength is too weak to maintain the overall situation. From Wenzi Shijun.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] it's hard to support a lonely tree [antonym] it's easy for all to support and unite as one

The origin of Idioms

In Wang Tong's Wen Zi Shi Jun of the Sui Dynasty, it is said that "a mansion is not supported by a single tree."

Idiom usage

Used as an attributive or adverbial; used in writing. example he felt that he was alone in the court. He was "the general of the mansion". (Yao xueyin's Li Zicheng, Vol.1, Chapter 3) in the Southern Song Dynasty, Liu Yiqing's Ren birthday, a new account of the world, said, "the Yuan Dynasty is like Xiamen in the north, and it's impossible for one tree to support itself." Wang Tong of the Sui Dynasty wrote in Wen Zi Shi Jun: "a mansion is not supported by a single tree." In Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi's poem "Bai's Changqing collection, Volume 13, a hundred rhymes of Dai Shu poetry sent to Wei Zhi" said: "a great power is easy to press, a pillar of strength is hard to support. "In the first episode of the story of flying pills by Zhang Jing of Ming Dynasty," I don't want to be defeated by a single tree. Unfortunately, I wasted my spirit and didn't reach my goal. 」

Idioms and allusions

In the southern and Northern Dynasties (Liu) when Emperor song Shun was in power, Xiao Daocheng killed Zhongliang, ran wild and wantonly, and attempted to usurp the royal family. At that time, yuan can and Liu Dong, two ministers, secretly discussed to kill Xiao Daocheng, but the incident was not secret. Chu Yuan, a member of Xiao Daocheng's party, knew the secret and told Xiao Daocheng the secret. Xiao Daocheng was very angry and immediately sent Dai sengjing to attack him Beat yuan can and surround the city. At this time, yuan can said to his son yuan Zui: "I know that a wooden pillar can't support the collapse of a house, but I have to stick to it for the sake of honor and righteousness." Later, Dai sengjing led his subordinates to rush into the city. Under the enemy's sword and gun, yuan can bravely covered his father with his body. At this time, yuan can said to his son yuan Zui, "I am a loyal minister, you are a filial son, and we are worthy of death." As a result, both of them died for justice. Later generations have extended yuan can's saying "I know a wooden pillar can't support the collapse of a house" into the idiom "a tree can't support". It is used to describe that when things are in a difficult and critical situation, it can't be saved by one person or a few people.