路见不平，拔刀相助

lù jiàn bù píng , bá dāo xiāng zhù

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Definitions

1. lit. to intervene when one sees an injustice (idiom)
2. fig. to rush to the rescue
3. to play the white knight

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Child Words of 路见不平，拔刀相助

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 不平 不平 bù píng: uneven
• 刀 刀 dāo: knife
• 平 平 píng: flat
• 拔 拔 bá: to pull up
• 见 见 jiàn: to see
• 见 见 xiàn: to appear
• 路 路 lù: road
• 助 助 zhù: to help
• 拔刀相助 拔刀相助 bá dāo xiāng zhù: see 路見不平，拔刀相助|路见不平，拔刀相助[lù jiàn bù píng , bá dāo xiāng zhù]
• 相 相 xiāng: each other
• 相 相 xiàng: appearance
• 相助 相助 xiāng zhù: to help one another