"many hands make light work" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|proverb}} many hands make light work
  1. A large number of people co-operating can perform tasks easily. Related terms: make light work of, teamwork makes the dream work Translations (a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily): 人多好辦事 (Chinese Mandarin), 人多好办事 (rénduō hǎobànshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 人心齊,泰山移 (Chinese Mandarin), 人心齐 (Chinese Mandarin), 泰山移 (rénxīn qí, Tàishān yí) (Chinese Mandarin), sammen er vi stærke (Danish), vele handen maken licht werk (Dutch), multaj manoj faras malpezan laboron (Esperanto), yhteistyö on voimaa (Finnish), l’union fait la force (French), viele Hände machen bald ein Ende (German), ισχύς εν τη ενώσει (ischýs en ti enósei) (Greek), το 'να χέρι νίβει τ' άλλο και τα δυο το πρόσωπο (to 'na chéri nívei t' állo kai ta dyo to prósopo) (Greek), κράτα με να σε κρατώ, ν' ανεβούμε το βουνό (kráta me na se krató, n' anevoúme to vounó) (Greek), margar hendur vinna létt verk (Icelandic), l'unione fa la forza (Italian), kamũingĩ koyaga ndĩrĩ (Kikuyu), 백지장도 맞들면 낫다 (baekjijangdo matdeulmyeon natda) (Korean), vill Hänn maachen liicht Aarbecht (Luxembourgish), a união faz a força (Portuguese), e tele lima e mama ai galuega (Samoan), många svaga är starka tillsammans (Swedish), bir elin nesi var, iki elin sesi var (Turkish)

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      "sense": "a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily",
      "word": "l'unione fa la forza"
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      "sense": "a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily",
      "word": "백지장도 맞들면 낫다"
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      "sense": "a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily",
      "word": "a união faz a força"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "note": "берись дружно, не будет грузно (berisʹ družno, ne budet gruzno, literally “take it together, and it won't be heavy”)",
      "sense": "a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily"
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      "code": "sm",
      "lang": "Samoan",
      "sense": "a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily",
      "word": "e tele lima e mama ai galuega"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily",
      "word": "många svaga är starka tillsammans"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily",
      "word": "bir elin nesi var, iki elin sesi var"
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  "word": "many hands make light work"
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