many hands make work easy

many hands make work easy

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ò ngq í ngy ì J ǔ, which means that many people work together to lift things easily. It's easy to get things done if we all work together. It comes from the book Mu Shu of the temple of the king of Yue and E by Zhang Dai of Ming Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Qing: up. It's easy to lift things when many people work together. It's easy to get things done if we all work together.

The origin of Idioms

Zhang Dai of the Ming Dynasty wrote in his book the temple of the king of Yue and E: "it's easy to build a large number of people, but it's hard to support them alone."

Idiom usage

We all work together

Analysis of Idioms

[antonym]: outnumbered, hard to stand alone, hard to sing on one's own hand [synonym]: unite as one, many people are powerful [near common saying]: when people gather firewood, the flame is high. idiom: Qing, can not be read as "J ì n ɡ".