one hand alone can’t clap—it takes two to make a quarrel ❍ 袭人道： “‘～’，老的也太不公些，小的也太可恶些。” (《红楼梦》784) “‘You can’t clap with one hand’，”quoted Xiren，“the old one’s too unfair,and the young one’s too tiresome. ”
一个巴掌拍不响yi ge ba zhang pai bu xiang
one hand alone can’t clap (it takes two to make a quarrel)
一个巴掌拍不响
one cannot handclap with one hand;it takes two to make a quarrel;it takes two to tango
一个巴掌拍不响yī ɡè bā zhánɡ pāi bù xiǎnɡ
用一只手鼓掌，拍不出响声来。比喻矛盾是双方造成的，不是哪一个方面能引起。比喻单方面闹不起事情来。it takes two to make a quarrel, cannot clap with one hand