lit. to intervene when one sees an injustice (idiom); fig. to rush to the rescue; to play the white knight
trad. 路見不平，拔刀相助
Also written 路見不平，拔刀相助【lù jiàn bù píng , bá dāo xiāng zhù】
Characters in this word
8路
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surname Lu
- Pinyin
- Lù
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 725 of 2500
见
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to see, to meet, to appear (to be sth), to interview, opinion, view
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Traditional
- 見
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 278 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
平
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surname Ping
- Pinyin
- Píng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 9521 of 2500
拔
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to pull up, to pull out, to draw out by suction, to select, to pick, to stand out (above level), to surpass, to seize
- Pinyin
- bá
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 10721 of 2500
刀
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surname Dao
- Pinyin
- Dāo
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 1717 of 2500
相
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surname Xiang
- Pinyin
- Xiāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5022 of 2500
助
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to help, to assist
- Pinyin
- zhù
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 12627 of 2500