救死扶伤 (救死扶傷)
jiù sǐ fú shāng
Pinyin

Definition

救死扶伤 (救死扶傷)
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jiù sǐ fú shāng
  1. to help the dying and heal the injured

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

死
sǐ
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 impassable
  3. 3 uncrossable
  4. 4 inflexible
  5. 5 rigid
  6. 6 extremely
  7. 7 damned
冻死
dòng sǐ
  1. 1 to freeze to death
  2. 2 to die off in winter
半死
bàn sǐ
  1. 1 half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc)
  2. 2 (tired) to death
  3. 3 (terrified) out of one's wits
  4. 4 (beaten) to within an inch of one's life
  5. 5 (knock) the daylights out of sb
去死
qù sǐ
  1. 1 go to hell!
  2. 2 drop dead!
堵死
dǔ sǐ
  1. 1 to block (a road)
  2. 2 to plug (a hole)
  3. 3 to stop up

Idioms (20)

不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
  3. 3 it's either him or me
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life

Sample Sentences

医生本来就应该救死扶伤的，现在拿了工资还要拿外快。有些病人连医药费都交不起了，还怎么送红包？
yīshēng běnlái jiù yīnggāi jiùsǐfúshāng de ，xiànzài ná le gōngzī hái yào ná wàikuài 。yǒuxiē bìngrén lián yīyàofèi dōu jiāobuqǐ le ，hái zěnme sòng hóngbāo ？
Doctors are supposed to heal the sick and save the dying to begin with. They get paid, and yet they still want to get a little on the side? Some sick people can't even afford to pay their medical expenses – how are they supposed to give a red envelope?
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