救援
jiù yuán
Pinyin

Definition

救援
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jiù yuán
  1. to save
  2. to support
  3. to help
  4. to assist

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

拯救
zhěng jiù
  1. 1 to save
  2. 2 to rescue
救
jiù
  1. 1 variant: 救 jiù
援助
yuán zhù
  1. 1 to help
  2. 2 to support
  3. 3 to aid
  4. 4 aid
  5. 5 assistance
救命
jiù mìng
  1. 1 to save sb's life
  2. 2 (interj.) Help!
  3. 3 Save me!
外援
wài yuán
  1. 1 external help
  2. 2 foreign aid

Idioms (14)

围城打援
wéi chéng dǎ yuán
  1. 1 to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops
围魏救赵
wéi Wèi jiù Zhào
  1. 1 lit. to besiege 魏[Wèi] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhào] (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
弹尽援绝
dàn jìn yuán jué
  1. 1 out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits
从井救人
cóng jǐng jiù rén
  1. 1 to jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom); fig. to help others at the risk to oneself
抱薪救火
bào xīn jiù huǒ
  1. 1 lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action

Sample Sentences

今天传来了好消息，经过救援人员的搜救，十三位失踪者都找到了，而且都生还。
jīntiān chuánlái le hǎo xiāoxi ，jīngguò jiùyuán rényuán de sōujiù ，shísān wèi shīzōngzhě dōu zhǎodào le ，érqiě dōu shēnghuán 。
Well there is good news today. After an intensive search and rescue operation, all 13 persons have been found alive!
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现在投保的话，您可以享受我们3个月无限次酒后代驾、健康体检大礼包。我们还会为客人提供免费道路救援和百公里内免费拖车等服务。
xiànzài tóubǎo dehuà ，nín kěyǐ xiǎngshòu wǒmen sān gè yuè wúxiàncì jiǔ hòu dàijià 、jiànkāng tǐjiǎn dàlǐbāo 。wǒmen hái huì wèi kèrén tígōng miǎnfèi dàolùjiùyuán hé bǎi gōnglǐ nèi miǎnfèi tuōchē děng fúwù 。
If you take out insurance now, you can enjoy 3 months of unlimited designated driver services and a health check-up gift bag. We also will provide free roadside assistance, free car towing, and other services within one hundred kilometres.
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地震以后，很多国家都参加救援。
dìzhèn yǐhòu ，hěn duō guójiā dōu cānjiā jiùyuán 。
After the earthquake, many countries offered emergency aid.
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发生了海难以后，直升飞机马上赶去救援。
fāshēng le hǎinàn yǐhòu ，zhíshēngfēijī mǎshàng gǎnqù jiùyuán 。
After a shipwreck, helicopters must fly over and rescue the survivors immediately.
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