解鈴繫鈴
jiě​líng​xì​líng

whoever starts trouble should end it

  • created reference approved 解铃系铃/解鈴繫鈴 → 解铃还须系铃人/解鈴還須繫鈴人 (abbreviation) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    解铃系铃 / 解鈴繫鈴 jiě​líng​xì​líng

    解铃还须系铃人 / 解鈴還須繫鈴人 jiě​líng​hái​xū​xì​líng​rén

    abbreviation

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 解铃系铃/解鈴繫鈴 · jiě​líng​xì​líng · whoever starts trouble should end it — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    解铃系铃 / 解鈴繫鈴

    jiě​líng​xì​líng

    whoever starts trouble should end it

    literally meaning "whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it"; a shortened form of [[解铃还须系铃人|解鈴還須繫鈴人|jie3 ling2 hai2 xu1 xi4 ling2 ren2]]

    解 (literal) → 解 · jiě · to untie 铃 (literal) → 铃/鈴 · líng · bell 系 (literal) → 系 · xì · to tie 铃 (literal) → 铃/鈴 · líng · bell

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense