解鈴還是繫鈴人
jiě​líng​hái​shì​xì​líng​rén

the one who caused the problem should solve it

  • created reference approved 解铃还是系铃人/解鈴還是繫鈴人 → 系铃解铃/繫鈴解鈴 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    解铃还是系铃人 / 解鈴還是繫鈴人 jiě​líng​hái​shì​xì​líng​rén

    系铃解铃 / 繫鈴解鈴 xì​líng​jiě​líng

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 解铃还是系铃人/解鈴還是繫鈴人 · jiě​líng​hái​shì​xì​líng​rén · the one who caused the problem should solve it — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    解铃还是系铃人 / 解鈴還是繫鈴人

    jiě​líng​hái​shì​xì​líng​rén

    the one who caused the problem should solve it

    Whoever started the trouble should be the one to end it; literally "to untie the bell, you still need the person who tied the bell"

    解 (literal) → 解 · jiě · to untie 铃 (literal) → 铃/鈴 · líng · bell 还是 (literal) → 还是/還是 · hái​shi · after all 系铃人 (literal) → 系铃人/繫鈴人 · xì​líng​rén · the one who tied the bell

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

    created sense