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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jiě mín dào xuán
  1. lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius); to save the people from dire straits

Related Words (20)

liǎo jiě
  1. 1 to understand
  2. 2 to realize
  3. 3 to find out
rén mín
  1. 1 the people
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
rén mín bì
  1. 1 Renminbi (RMB)
  2. 2 Chinese Yuan (CNY)
dǎo
  1. 1 to fall
  2. 2 to collapse
  3. 3 to lie horizontally
  4. 4 to overthrow
  5. 5 to fail
  6. 6 to go bankrupt
  7. 7 to change (trains or buses)
  8. 8 to move around
  9. 9 to resell at a profit
dǎo méi
  1. 1 to have bad luck
  2. 2 to be out of luck

Idioms (20)

一知半解
yī zhī bàn jiě
  1. 1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
  2. 2 dilettante
  3. 3 amateur
不求甚解
bù qiú shèn jiě
  1. 1 lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
  2. 2 not bothered with the details
  3. 3 superficial
  4. 4 content with shallow understanding
仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
  1. 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
便民利民
biàn mín lì mín
  1. 1 for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom)
倒悬之危
dào xuán zhī wēi
  1. 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits