1 variant: 恩 ēn

1 to be grateful

1 to save

2 to rescue

1 variant: 救 jiù

1 to save sb's life

2 (interj.) Help!

3 Save me!

1 harsh and merciless (idiom)

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 to jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom); fig. to help others at the risk to oneself

1 to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend

2 to kick a benefactor in the teeth

1 your favor amounts to being given a new lease on life (idiom)