解鈴還須繫鈴人 — Cantonese Dictionary — Cantonese.hk

解鈴還須繫鈴人

gaai2 ling4 waan4 seoi1 hai6 ling4 jan4

Mandarin: jie3 ling2 huan2 xu1 xi4 ling2 ren2

解

gaai2

T2

鈴

ling4

T4

還

waan4

T4

須

seoi1

T1

繫

hai6

T6

鈴

ling4

T4

人

jan4

T4

Definitions

1 The only one who can fix the problem is the one who created the problem (lit., "the person who removes the bell (from the tiger's) neck must be the person who fastened the bell (around the tiger's neck).")

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