路见不平，拔刀相助
lù​jiàn​bù​píng​bá​dāo​xiāng​zhù

to rush to the rescue

  • created sense approved 路见不平，拔刀相助/路見不平，拔刀相助 · lù​jiàn​bù​píng​bá​dāo​xiāng​zhù · to rush to the rescue — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    路见不平，拔刀相助 / 路見不平，拔刀相助

    lù​jiàn​bù​píng​bá​dāo​xiāng​zhù

    to rush to the rescue

    To intervene when seeing an injustice; to help the weak against a bully or a wrongdoer.

    路 (literal) → 路 · lù · road 见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to see 不平 (literal) → 不平 · bù​píng · injustice ， (non_chinese) 拔刀相助 (literal) → 拔刀相助 · bá​dāo​xiāng​zhù · to help against injustice

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