天下興亡，匹夫有責 tiān xià xīng wáng ， pǐ fū yǒu zé

everyone is responsible for the nation

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
天 tiān HSK 1
day; sky; heaven
下 xià HSK 1
down; below; to go down
興 xīng
interest in sth; feeling or desire to do sth; excitement
亡 wáng HSK 6
to die; deceased; to be gone
匹 pǐ HSK 5
classifier for horses, mules etc
夫 fū HSK 2
husband; man; manual worker
有 yǒu HSK 1
to have; there is; there are
責 zé
to blame; to reproach; responsibility