to save the nation from subjugation
1. to rescue2. to pluck from danger
to save the show (for instance by stepping in for an absent actor)
market rescue (by central bank)
1. to redeem2. redemption; salvation
to rescue; to render emergency aid
beyond saving; hopeless; incurable
Salvation Army (protestant philanthropic organization founded in London in 1865)
1. lit. to besiege 魏[wèi] and rescue 赵[zhào] (idiom)2. fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
to jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom); fig. to help others at the risk to oneself
lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
to provide relief during times of emergency and disaster (idiom)
(one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope
1. add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse2. to add fuel to the fire
(of sb who ostensibly collaborated with the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese war of 1937-1945) to secretly work for the Nationalists or against the Communists
(idiom) (of an illness) incurable; (of a person, behavior etc) incorrigible; beyond any possibility of correction
heroic rescue of a damsel in distress
to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes
抗日救亡运动 抗日救亡運動 kàng rì jiù wáng yùn dòng the Save the Nation Anti-Japanese Protest Movement stemming from the Manchurian railway incident of 18th July 1931 九一八事变
远水救不了近火 遠水救不了近火 yuǎn shuǐ jiù bu liǎo jìn huǒ 1. water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here2. (fig.) a slow remedy does not address the current emergency
远水不救近火 遠水不救近火 yuǎn shuǐ bù jiù jìn huǒ see 远水救不了近火[yuǎn shuǐ jiù bu liǎo jìn huǒ]
to unbrick; to restore (an electronic device) to a functional state
1. sea rescue service2. lifeboat service
救场如救火 救場如救火 jiù chǎng rú jiù huǒ the show must go on (idiom)
救急不救穷 救急不救窮 jiù jí bù jiù qióng help the starving but not the poor (idiom)
emergency aid committee (of PRC Ministry of Civil Affairs 民政部)
boat deck (deck where lifeboats are stored)
fast-acting heart pills (a medication developed in China in 1982 to treat heart conditions including angina)
拯救大兵瑞恩 zhěng jiù dà bīng ruì ēn Saving Private Ryan (1998 movie)
抗震救灾指挥部 抗震救災指揮部 kàng zhèn jiù zāi zhǐ huī bù State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters
救人一命胜造七级浮屠 救人一命勝造七級浮屠 jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)