救 jiù
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jiù
verb
to save; to rescue
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 拯救; for example, in literary Chinese, 遠水不救近火 'distant water cannot extinguish a nearby fire', from Han Feizi's Shuo Lin Shang (DCP 'Y448'; GHC '救' 2; Kroll 2015 '救' 1). -
jiù
verb
to cure; to heal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 医治 (GHC '救' 3; Kroll 2015 '救' 2) -
jiù
verb
to prevent; to stop
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 制止 (GHC '救' 4; Kroll 2015 '救' 3) -
jiù
verb
to assist
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 援救 (GHC '救' 1; Kroll 2015 '救' 1) -
jiù
noun
part of a shoe
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '救' 5) -
jiù
proper noun
Jiu
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (GHC '救' 6) -
jiū
verb
to entangle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Interchangeable with 纠 (GHC '救' 7)
Contained in
- 救助 to aid; to help
- 救急不救穷(救急不救窮) help the starving but not the poor
- 救灾(救災) to help people in a disaster
- 曲线救国(曲線救國) to secretly work for the enemy
- 振救 to aid; to rescue
- 抢救(搶救) to rescue
- 救赎主(救贖主) Redeemer
- 救护(救護) to save and protect
- 救生艇甲板 boat deck (upper deck on which lifeboats are stored)
- 补偏救弊(補偏救弊) to remedy defects and correct errors; to rectify past mistakes
- 救焚益薪 add firewood to put out the flames; ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse
- 挽救儿童(挽救兒童) to rescue a child / Save the Children, a British charity
- 扑救(撲救) firefighting; to extinguish a fire and save life and property; to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer)
- 救恩 salvation
- 相救 to help each other; to save each other
- 人道救援 humanitarian aid
- 求救 to cry for help
- 抱薪救火 to carry firewood to put out a fire; fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
- 救生队(救生隊) rescue team; CL:支[zhi1]
- 拯救 to save; to rescue
- 救生员(救生員) lifeguard
- 救国(救國) to save the nation
- 救灾款(救災款) disaster relief funds
- 社会救助(社會救助) community relief
- 拯溺钟石救火投薪(拯溺鍾石救火投薪) to save somebody from drowning with a heavy stone or to put out a fire by throwing on logs
- 得救 to be saved; salvation
- 救火投薪 to put out a fire by throwing on logs; to do something that makes a bad situation worse
- 救人一命胜造七级浮屠(救人一命勝造七級浮屠) saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda
- 抗震救灾指挥部(抗震救災指揮部) earthquake relief headquarter
- 救援队(救援隊) rescue team
- 救援 to save; to support; to help; to assist
- 救生船 lifeboat
- 行政救济(行政救濟) administrative remedy
- 救场如救火(救場如救火) the show must go on
- 急救包 first aid supply pack
- 救出 to rescue; to pluck from danger
- 无可救药(無可救藥) no antidote is possible; incurable; incorrigible; beyond redemption
- 救火 to fight a fire
- 救生筏 a life raft
- 救主 savior
- 救生圈 life buoy; life belt; (jocularly) flab; spare tire
- 搭救 to rescue
- 挽救 to remedy; to rescue
- 救生 to save a life; life-saving
- 抢险救灾(搶險救災) to provide relief during times of emergency and disaster
- 救生艇 lifeboat
- 远水不救近火(遠水不救近火) distant water cannot extinguish a nearby fire
- 救市 market rescue (by central bank)
Also contained in
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 42
- 《田敬仲完世家》 House of Tian Jingzhong Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 36
- 魏紀 Records of the Wei Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 34
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 32
- 卷九 齊二 Chapter 9: Qi II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 31
- 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 29
- 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 27
- 卷二百七十三 列傳第一百六十一 左良玉 高傑 祖寬 Volume 273 Biographies 161: Zuo Liangyu, Gao Jie, Zu Kuan History of Ming 明史 — count: 25
- 成公 Lord Cheng The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 24
- 第八十回 Chapter 80 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 22
Collocations
- 救郑 (救鄭) 宋人救鄭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 36
- 师救 (師救) 鄭大子忽帥師救齊 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 24
- 人救 (人救) 宋人救鄭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 13
- 救陈 (救陳) 晉趙盾帥師救陳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 13
- 不能救 (不能救) 自傷不能救也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧載馳 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Zai Chi — count: 11
- 救徐 (救徐) 及諸侯之大夫救徐 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 7
- 救齐 (救齊) 鄭大子忽帥師救齊 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 7
- 救卫 (救衛) 王人子突救衛 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 7
- 救邢 (救邢) 齊人救邢 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 7
- 救江 (救江) 以救江 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 6