解铃还须系铃人 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 解鈴還須繫鈴人 jiělíngháixūxìlíngrén ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄞˊ ㄒㄩ ㄒㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom) fig. whoever started the trouble should end it Character by character 解(jiě)divide 铃(líng)bell 还(hái)still 须(xū)must 系(xì)connect 铃(líng)bell 人(rén)person A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0