Kǔnbǎng bù chéng fūqī.

捆綁不成夫妻。

Lit [One can]not bind [a man and a woman together] to make [them] husband [and] wife.

Fig Force alone cannot accomplish anything.

Note [Cf. Mao Zedong's speech: “Zài Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Dì-Bā Jiè Zhōngyáng Wěiyuánhuì Dì-Èrcì Quántǐ Huìyì Shàng de Jiǎnghuà” (“Speech to the Second Plenary Session of the Central Party Committee of the Eighth Party Congress”); see also qiǎngpò bù chéng below.]

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