解鈴還須繫鈴人

See also: 解铃还须系铃人

Chinese

		to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort	(small) bell	pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet	necessary; must; need	connect; to tie	(small) bell	man; person; people
trad. (解鈴還須繫鈴人)		解	鈴	還	須	繫	鈴	人
simp. (解铃还须系铃人)		解	铃	还	须	系	铃	人
Literally: “Untying the bell (on the tiger's neck) requires the person who fastened the bell”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄞˊ ㄒㄩ ㄒㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai² ling⁴ waan⁴ seoi¹ hai⁶ ling⁴ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄞˊ ㄒㄩ ㄒㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiě líng hái syu sì líng rén
    • Wade–Giles: chieh³ ling² hai² hsü¹ hsi⁴ ling² jên²
    • Yale: jyě líng hái syū syì líng rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiee ling hair shiu shih ling ren
    • Palladius: цзе лин хай сюй си лин жэнь (cze lin xaj sjuj si lin žɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ³⁵ xaɪ̯³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹ liŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai² ling⁴ waan⁴ seoi¹ hai⁶ ling⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: gáai lìhng wàahn sēui haih lìhng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai² ling⁴ waan⁴ soey¹ hai⁶ ling⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai² ling⁴ wan⁴ sêu¹ hei⁶ ling⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³⁵ lɪŋ²¹ waːn²¹ sɵy̯⁵⁵ hɐi̯²² lɪŋ²¹ jɐn²¹/

Idiom

解鈴還須繫鈴人

1. The only one who can fix the problem is the one who created the problem.