解民倒悬

Traditional form:

解民倒懸

Pinyin (reading):

jiěmíndàoxuán

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 解 - to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
• 民 - citizens, subjects; a nation's people
• 倒 - to collapse, to fall over; to lie down
• 悬 - to hang, to hoist, to suspend; hung

Traditional characters:

• 解 - to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
• 民 - citizens, subjects; a nation's people
• 倒 - to collapse, to fall over; to lie down
• 懸 - to hang, to hoist, to suspend; hung