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解民倒悬

jiě mín dào xuán

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 解民倒悬

倒
dǎo

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

倒
dào

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

解
jiě

to divide

悬
xuán

to hang or suspend

倒悬
dào xuán

lit. to hang upside down

解
jiè

to transport under guard

民
mín

(bound form) the people