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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

救 [jiù]
  1. 1. verb save
    呼救
    cry for help
    救灾
    provide disaster relief

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

救 [jiù]
  1. 1. verb rescue; save
    他跳进急流，把孩子救了出来。
    He jumped into the torrent and rescued the child from drowning.
    救溺水儿童
    save a drowning child
  2. 2. verb save somebody from; relieve (distress, etc.)
    救亡
    save the nation from extinction
    救灾
    provide disaster relief; send relief to a disaster area; help the people tide over a natural disaster

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

救 [jiù]
  1. 1. 动 采取措施，使灾难或危急情况终止
    救火
    救灾
    救亡
    救急。
  2. 2. 动 援助，使脱离危险或免遭灾难
    救死扶伤
    挽救
    营救
    拯救。
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Examples

多亏你救了我的驾！
Thanks a lot for rescuing me from embarrassment!
守门员这个球救得真漂亮。
The goalie made a beautiful save.
只有改辙更张才能救这家濒临倒闭的企业。
Only by changing over to new methods can we save the enterprise from bankruptcy.
那名落水儿童被救生员救了上来。
The child who fell into the water was saved by the lifeguard.
王强向医院献旗，感谢医生救了他的命。
Wang Qiang presents a banner to the hospital to thank the doctors for saving his life.
隔壁的王大爷居然无意中救了一只鹦鹉螺。
Uncle Wang, who lives next door, accidentally saved a nautilus.
他救了我的命。
He saved my life.
他为救落水儿童牺牲了。
He lost his life saving the drowning child.
当年人家救过他的命，现在他却陷害人家，真是个白眼儿狼！
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Character Decomposition

求
[qiú]		 + 攵
[pū]

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