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Definition(s) for: 解铃还须系铃人

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
解铃还须系铃人 jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén - lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom)
- fig. whoever started the trouble should end it

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 103,891 79,626

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
解 xiè- surname Xie
解 jiě- to divide
- to break up
- to split
- to separate
- to dissolve
- to solve
- to melt
- to remove
- to untie
- to loosen
- to open
- to emancipate
- to explain
- to understand
- to know
- a solution
- a dissection
解 jiè- to transport under guard
解 xiè- acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old)
- variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old)
铃 líng- (small) bell
- CL:隻|只[zhi1]
还 huán- surname Huan
还 hái- still
- still in progress
- still more
- yet
- even more
- in addition
- fairly
- passably (good)
- as early as
- even
- also
- else
还 huán- to pay back
- to return
须 xū- must
- to have to
- to wait
须 xū- beard
- mustache
- feeler (of an insect etc)
- tassel
系 xì- system
- department
- faculty
系 xì- to connect
- to relate to
- to tie up
- to bind
- to be (literary)
系 jì- to tie
- to fasten
- to button up
系 xì- to connect
- to arrest
- to worry
铃 líng- (small) bell
- CL:隻|只[zhi1]
人 rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

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