1 to hold

2 to carry (in one's arms)

3 to hug

4 to embrace

5 to surround

6 to cherish

1 to complain

2 to grumble

3 to harbor a complaint

4 to feel dissatisfied

1 to save

2 to rescue

1 variant: 救 jiù

1 to embrace

2 to hug

1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)

1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames

2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)

1 lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom)

2 fig. hidden danger

3 imminent danger

1 lit. to besiege 魏[Wèi] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhào] (idiom)

2 fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers

1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer

2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions

3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee