挽 wǎn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 免 to spare, to excuse from
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
挽救
wǎnjiù
to save; to rescue
Characters in this word
救 jiù
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 求 to seek 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 医生连续手术十个小时，终于挽救了患者的生命。 Yīshēng liánxù shǒushù shí ge xiǎoshí, zhōngyú wǎnjiù le huànzhě de shēngmìng. The doctor operated for ten consecutive hours and finally saved the patient's life.
- 这位教授的话挽救了一个想放弃学业的学生。 Zhè wèi jiàoshòu de huà wǎnjiù le yī gè xiǎng fàngqì xuéyè de xuésheng. The professor's words saved a student who wanted to give up on his studies.
- 预算削减后，公司的新项目几乎无法挽救了。 Yùsuàn xuējiǎn hòu, gōngsī de xīn xiàngmù jīhū wúfǎ wǎnjiù le. After the budget cuts, the company's new project was almost beyond saving.
Related words
- 挽 wǎn to roll up; to hold by the arm; to pull back
- 挽回 wǎnhuí to retrieve; to recover; to regain
- 救 jiù to save; to rescue
- 救灾 jiùzāi disaster relief
- 抢救 qiǎngjiù to rescue urgently
- 急救 jíjiù first aid, emergency treatment
- 救命 jiùmìng to save a life
- 救援 jiùyuán rescue, relief
- 救助 jiùzhù to help, to rescue
- 求救 qiújiù to cry for help
- 补救 bǔjiù to remedy; to repair damage
- 呼救 hūjiù to call for help