| 解铃还须系铃人 |
jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén |
lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom) / fig. whoever started the trouble should end it |
| 解 |
Xiè |
surname Xie |
| 解 |
jiě |
to divide / to break up / to split / to separate / to dissolve / to solve / to melt / to remove / to untie / to loosen / to open / to emancipate / to explain / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection |
| 解 |
jiè |
to transport under guard |
| 解 |
xiè |
acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈 and 邂 (old) |
| 铃 |
líng |
(small) bell / CL:只 |
| 还 |
Huán |
surname Huan |
| 还 |
hái |
still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else |
| 还 |
huán |
to pay back / to return |
| 须 |
xū |
must / to have to / to wait |
| 须 |
xū |
beard / mustache / feeler (of an insect etc) / tassel |
| 系 |
xì |
to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary) |
| 系 |
xì |
system / department / faculty |
| 系 |
jì |
to tie / to fasten / to button up |
| 系 |
xì |
to connect / to arrest / to worry |
| 铃 |
líng |
(small) bell / CL:只 |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位,名 |