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Trad. 救場
- to save the show (for instance by stepping in for an absent actor)
Trad. 撲救
- firefighting
- to extinguish a fire and save life and property
- to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer)
Trad. 救磚
- to unbrick; to restore (an electronic device) to a functional state
Trad. 救世軍
- Salvation Army (protestant philanthropic organization founded in London in 1865)
- (one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope
Trad. 補偏救弊
- to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes
Trad. 救死扶傷
- to help the dying and heal the injured
Trad. 搶險救災
- to provide relief during times of emergency and disaster (idiom)
- add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse
- to add fuel to the fire
Trad. 捨己救人
- to abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people
- altruism
Trad. 圍魏救趙
- lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom)
- fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
Trad. 無可救藥
- lit. no antidote is possible (idiom); incurable
- incorrigible
- beyond redemption
- lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
Trad. 無藥可救
- see 無可救藥|无可救药[wu2 ke3 jiu4 yao4]
Trad. 曲線救國
- (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
- to treat the disease to save the patient
- to criticize a person in order to help him
Trad. 不可救藥
- incurable
- incorrigible
- beyond cure
- hopeless
Trad. 從井救人
- to jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom); fig. to help others at the risk to oneself
Trad. 救場如救火
- the show must go on (idiom)
Trad. 救急不救窮
- help the starving but not the poor (idiom)
Trad. 救災救濟司
- 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)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998 movie)
Trad. 抗日救亡運動
- the Save the Nation Anti-Japanese Protest Movement stemming from the Manchurian railway incident of 18th July 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变
Trad. 遠水不救近火
- see 遠水救不了近火|远水救不了近火[yuan3 shui3 jiu4 bu5 liao3 jin4 huo3]
Trad. 遠水救不了近火
- water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here
- (fig.) a slow remedy does not address the current emergency
Trad. 抗震救災指揮部
- State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters
Trad. 救人一命勝造七級浮屠
- saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)