解铃还需系铃人

variant of 解鈴還須繫鈴人|解铃还须系铃人[jie3 ling2 hai2 xu1 xi4 ling2 ren2]

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

surname Huan

still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else

to pay back / to return

surname Xie

to divide / to break up / to split / to separate / to dissolve / to solve / to melt / to remove / to untie / to loosen / to open / to emancipate / to explain / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection

to transport under guard

acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old)

to require / to need / to want / necessity / need

to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary)

system / department / faculty

to tie / to fasten / to button up

to connect / to arrest / to worry

(small) bell / CL:隻|只[zhi1]