救命稻草
jiù mìng dào cǎo
Pinyin

Definition

救命稻草
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jiù mìng dào cǎo
  1. (one's) last straw to clutch at
  2. one's last hope

Related Words (20)

mìng
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 fate
  3. 3 order or command
  4. 4 to assign a name, title etc
mìng yùn
  1. 1 fate
  2. 2 destiny
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
zhěng jiù
  1. 1 to save
  2. 2 to rescue
pīn mìng
  1. 1 to do one's utmost
  2. 2 with all one's might
  3. 3 at all costs
  4. 4 (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it
jiù
  1. 1 variant: 救 jiù

Idioms (20)

一命呜呼
yī mìng wū hū
  1. 1 to die (idiom)
  2. 2 to breathe one's last
  3. 3 to give up the ghost
亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
  1. 1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
  2. 2 fugitive
人命关天
rén mìng guān tiān
  1. 1 human life is beyond value (idiom)
人生一世,草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
  1. 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
兔子不吃窝边草
tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo
  1. 1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.