解鈴還須繫鈴人 (gaai2 ling4 waan4 seoi1 hai6 ling4 jan4) — The only one who can fix the problem is the one who created the problem (lit., "the person who removes the bell (from the tiger's) neck must be the person who fastened the bell (around the tiger's neck).") in Cantonese

gaaiˊ²lingˎ₄waanˎ₄seoiˉ¹haiˍ₆lingˎ₄janˎ₄
解铃还须系铃人
Mandarin Pinyin: jie3 ling2 huan2 xu1 xi4 ling2 ren2

Meaning of 解鈴還須繫鈴人

nounThe only one who can fix the problem is the one who created the problem (lit., "the person who removes the bell (from the tiger's) neck must be the person who fastened the bell (around the tiger's neck).")

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