解民倒悬 (解民倒懸)
jiě mín dào xuán
Pinyin
Definition
解民倒悬 (解民倒懸)
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- lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius); to save the people from dire straits
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to understand
- 2 to realize
- 3 to find out
- 1 Renminbi (RMB)
- 2 Chinese Yuan (CNY)
- 1 to fall
- 2 to collapse
- 3 to lie horizontally
- 4 to overthrow
- 5 to fail
- 6 to go bankrupt
- 7 to change (trains or buses)
- 8 to move around
- 9 to resell at a profit
- 1 to have bad luck
- 2 to be out of luck
Idioms (20)
一知半解
- 1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
- 2 dilettante
- 3 amateur
不求甚解
- 1 lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
- 2 not bothered with the details
- 3 superficial
- 4 content with shallow understanding
仁民爱物
- 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
便民利民
- 1 for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom)
倒悬之危
- 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 2 dire straits