Yī gè líba (yào dǎ) sān gè zhuāng; yī gè hǎohàn (yào yǒu) sān gè bāng.*

一個籬笆(要打)三個樁, 一個好漢(要有)三個幫。

Lit [Just as] a fence needs the support of three stakes, [so] one able fellow needs the help of three others.

Note [A rhyme often used by Mao Zedong, e.g., in his Lectures to the All China Congress of the Chinese Communist party; usually abbreviated as yī gè hǎo hàn, sānge bāng, etc.; see also mǔdan suī hǎo above.]

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