One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
一个和尚挑水喝,两个和尚抬水喝,三个和尚没水喝。
one or two monks get drinking water by themselves. but no one get any when it comes to three.
a single man will do something himself, because the tools can be made full use by a single person, as well as two people. however, when it comes to more people, the tools can not occupy all of them, someone will be left disengaged, so all of them will strive for that, and the outcome will be that no one will do the work.
one person do the thing by himself,two persons do the thing together,no one of three person will do something.
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one boy is a boy; two boys half boy; three boys no boy
One monk carrying water to eat, Two monk pick the water to eat, Three monk has no water to eat