解铃还须系铃人 jiělíngháixūxìlíngrén whoever started the trouble should end it Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 解铃还须系铃人 解鈴還須繫鈴人 jiělíngháixūxìlíngrén whoever started the trouble should end it literally meaning the one who hung the bell on the tiger's neck must be the one to untie it; used as a metaphor for solving a problem by going back to the person who caused it Frequency Written text 0.103 per million Cross-References Referenced by 系铃人 xìlíngrénHas abbreviation 解铃系铃 jiělíngxìlíng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
解铃还须系铃人 解鈴還須繫鈴人 jiělíngháixūxìlíngrén whoever started the trouble should end it literally meaning the one who hung the bell on the tiger's neck must be the one to untie it; used as a metaphor for solving a problem by going back to the person who caused it Frequency Written text 0.103 per million Cross-References Referenced by 系铃人 xìlíngrénHas abbreviation 解铃系铃 jiělíngxìlíng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
