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路见不平，拔刀相助

lù jiàn bù píng , bá dāo xiāng zhù

9-character word Traditional 路見不平，拔刀相助

What 路见不平，拔刀相助 means

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

The characters in 路见不平，拔刀相助

• 路lùroad; journey; route
• 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
• 拔báto pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction
• 刀dāoknife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang; loanword) dollar…
• 相xiāngeach other; one another; mutually
• 助zhùto help; to assist