路见不平，拔刀相助 lù jiàn bù píng ， bá dāo xiāng zhù

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. to intervene when one sees an injustice (idiom)
  2. fig. to rush to the rescue
  3. to play the white knight

CHARACTERS

路 lù
HSK 2
road, path, street; journey
见 jiàn
HSK 1
see, observe, behold; perceive
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
平 píng
HSK 3
flat, level, even; peaceful
拔 bá
HSK 6
uproot, pull out
刀 dāo
HSK 4
knife; old coin; measure
相 xiāng
HSK 3
mutual, reciprocal, each other
助 zhù
HSK 2
help, aid, assist