Dān zé yì zhé; zhòng zé nán cuī.

單則易折, 眾則難摧。

Lit A single [stick is] easy to break; a group [of sticks is] hard to break.

Fig In unity lies strength.

Note [Based on a popular story about a dying father's advice to his family, using chopsticks as an example; see also chái wú sān gēn above and the following entry.]

Topics GROUPS STRENGTH UNITY