挽救
wǎn jiù
Pinyin

Definition

挽救
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wǎn jiù
  1. to save
  2. to remedy
  3. to rescue

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

拯救
zhěng jiù
  1. 1 to save
  2. 2 to rescue
救
jiù
  1. 1 variant of 救[jiù]
救命
jiù mìng
  1. 1 to save sb's life
  2. 2 (interj.) Help!
  3. 3 Save me!
得救
dé jiù
  1. 1 to be saved
急救
jí jiù
  1. 1 first aid
  2. 2 emergency treatment
挽回
wǎn huí
  1. 1 to retrieve
  2. 2 to redeem
挽救
wǎn jiù
  1. 1 to save
  2. 2 to remedy
  3. 3 to rescue
挽留
wǎn liú
  1. 1 to urge to stay
  2. 2 to detain
搭救
dā jiù
  1. 1 to rescue
抢救
qiǎng jiù
  1. 1 to rescue
救助
jiù zhù
  1. 1 to help sb in trouble
  2. 2 aid
  3. 3 assistance
救援
jiù yuán
  1. 1 to save
  2. 2 to support
  3. 3 to help
  4. 4 to assist
救济
jiù jì
  1. 1 emergency relief
  2. 2 to help the needy with cash or goods
救生艇
jiù shēng tǐng
  1. 1 lifeboat
救护车
jiù hù chē
  1. 1 ambulance
  2. 2 CL:輛|辆[liàng]
救赎
jiù shú
  1. 1 to save (a soul)
  2. 2 redemption
求救
qiú jiù
  1. 1 to cry for help
无可救药
wú kě jiù yào
  1. 1 lit. no antidote is possible (idiom); incurable
  2. 2 incorrigible
  3. 3 beyond redemption
补救
bǔ jiù
  1. 1 to remedy
解救
jiě jiù
  1. 1 to rescue
  2. 2 to help out of difficulties
  3. 3 to save the situation

Idioms (13)

力挽狂澜
lì wǎn kuáng lán
  1. 1 to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis
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
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
舍己救人
shě jǐ jiù rén
  1. 1 to abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people
  2. 2 altruism
抢险救灾
qiǎng xiǎn jiù zāi
  1. 1 to provide relief during times of emergency and disaster (idiom)
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú
  1. 1 saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
救场如救火
jiù chǎng rú jiù huǒ
  1. 1 the show must go on (idiom)
救急不救穷
jiù jí bù jiù qióng
  1. 1 help the starving but not the poor (idiom)
救焚益薪
jiù fén yì xīn
  1. 1 add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse
  2. 2 to add fuel to the fire
无可救药
wú kě jiù yào
  1. 1 lit. no antidote is possible (idiom); incurable
  2. 2 incorrigible
  3. 3 beyond redemption
生产自救
shēng chǎn zì jiù
  1. 1 self-help (idiom)
补偏救弊
bǔ piān jiù bì
  1. 1 to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes

Sample Sentences

英国、法国和德国称将联合俄罗斯，中国和伊朗等协约签署国，尽可能挽救核协议。
Yīngguó 、Fǎguó hé Déguó chēng jiāng liánhé Éluósī ，Zhōngguó hé Yīlǎng děng xiéyuē qiānshǔguó ，jǐnkěnéng wǎnjiù hé xiéyì 。
Britain, France and Germany said they would reach out to the other signatories, Russia, China and Iran to see what if anything could be saved.
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伊朗试图挽救剩余核协议。
Yīlǎng shìtú wǎnjiù shèngyú hé xiéyì 。
Attempts will begin to salvage what remains of the Iran nuclear deal.
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巴西国家博物馆日前遭大火损毁，但博物馆官员四日说，从灰烬中找回的物体碎片为挽救古人类头骨等馆藏珍品带来希望。
Bāxī guójiābówùguǎn rìqián zāo dàhuǒ sǔnhuǐ ，dàn bówùguǎn guānyuán sìrì shuō ，cóng huījìn zhōng zhǎohuí de wùtǐ suìpiàn wèi wǎnjiù gǔrénlèi tóugǔ děng guǎncáng zhēnpǐn dàilái xīwàng 。
The National Museum of Brazil was destroyed by fire yesterday, but museum officials said on the 4th that the fragments of objects recovered from the ashes brought hope to them that they may be able to salvage valuables such as ancient human skulls.
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