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天下兴亡，匹夫有责

tiān xià xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé

9-character word Traditional 天下興亡，匹夫有責

What 天下兴亡，匹夫有责 means

1. The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.

The characters in 天下兴亡，匹夫有责

• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 兴xìngfeeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement
• 亡wángto die; to lose; to be gone
• 匹pǐ(bound form) matching; comparable to; (bound form) alone; single; one of a pair…
• 夫fūhusband; man; manual worker
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 责zéduty; responsibility; to reproach