one hand alone can’t clap—it takes two to make a quarrel ? 襲人道： “‘～’，老的也太不公些，小的也太可惡些?！?(《紅樓夢》784) “‘You can’t clap with one hand’，”quoted Xiren，“the old one’s too unfair,and the young one’s too tiresome. ”
一個巴掌拍不響yi ge ba zhang pai bu xiang
one hand alone can’t clap (it takes two to make a quarrel)
一個巴掌拍不響
one cannot handclap with one hand;it takes two to make a quarrel;it takes two to tango
一個巴掌拍不響yī ɡè bā zhánɡ pāi bù xiǎnɡ
用一只手鼓掌，拍不出響聲來。比喻矛盾是雙方造成的，不是哪一個方面能引起。比喻單方面鬧不起事情來。it takes two to make a quarrel, cannot clap with one hand