天下兴亡，匹夫有责

Traditional form:

天下興亡，匹夫有責

Pinyin (reading):

tiānxiàxīngwáng,pǐfūyǒuzé

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
• 兴 - to thrive, to prosper, to flourish
• 亡 - death, destruction; to lose; to perish
• 匹 - bolt of cloth; mate, one of a pair; measure word for horses
• 夫 - man, husband; worker; those
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 责 - one's responsibility, duty

Traditional characters:

• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
• 興 - to thrive, to prosper, to flourish
• 亡 - death, destruction; to lose; to perish
• 匹 - bolt of cloth; mate, one of a pair; measure word for horses
• 夫 - man, husband; worker; those
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 責 - one's responsibility, duty