搜救
sōu jiù
Pinyin

Definition

搜救
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sōu jiù
  1. search and 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]
搜索
sōu suǒ
  1. 1 to search (a place)
  2. 2 to search (a database etc)
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
挽救
wǎn jiù
  1. 1 to save
  2. 2 to remedy
  3. 3 to rescue
搜
sōu
  1. 1 to search
搜寻
sōu xún
  1. 1 to search
  2. 2 to look for
搜狐
Sōu hú
  1. 1 Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company
搜狗
Sōu gǒu
  1. 1 Sougou (searching dog) search engine, www.sogou.com
搜罗
sōu luó
  1. 1 to gather
  2. 2 to collect
  3. 3 to bring together
搜集
sōu jí
  1. 1 to gather
  2. 2 to collect
搭救
dā jiù
  1. 1 to rescue
抢救
qiǎng jiù
  1. 1 to rescue
救世主
Jiù shì zhǔ
  1. 1 the Savior (in Christianity)
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
救治
jiù zhì
  1. 1 to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant)
救济
jiù jì
  1. 1 emergency relief
  2. 2 to help the needy with cash or goods

Idioms (14)

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
搜索枯肠
sōu suǒ kū cháng
  1. 1 to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)
搜肠刮肚
sōu cháng guā dù
  1. 1 to search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution
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

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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今天早上甘肃省舟曲县突发特大泥石流自然灾害，现在降雨已经停止，搜救和援助工作正在进行中。
jīntiān zǎoshang Gānsù shěng Zhōuqū xiàn tūfā tè dà níshíliú zìrán zāihài ，xiànzài jiàngyǔ yǐjīng tíngzhǐ ，sōujiù hé yuánzhù gōngzuò zhèngzài jìnxíng zhōng 。
This morning in Zhouqu county of Gansu province a natural disaster occurred in the form of a sudden and exceptionally large mudslide. Currently the rain has stopped and search and rescue, as well as aid efforts, are in progress.
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解放军和武警官兵正在全力搜救幸存者。请继续关注后续报导。
jiěfàngjūn hé wǔjǐng guānbīng zhèngzài quánlì sōujiù xìngcúnzhě 。qǐng jìxù guānzhù hòuxù bàodǎo 。
The PLA and the military police are currently putting all of their effort into searching for and rescuing survivors. Please stay with us for our follow-up report.
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