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解民倒悬

jiě mín dào xuán

4-character word Traditional 解民倒懸

What 解民倒悬 means

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

The characters in 解民倒悬

• 解jiěto divide; to break up; to split
• 民mín(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
• 悬xuánto hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement

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