抢险

搶險

qiǎngxiǎn

verb #54,774

Meanings

1 to rush to deal with an emergency
2 to carry out emergency rescue and repairs

Characters

to rush; to race against time

Examples

HSK 7-9

大雨过后，工人们连夜抢险。

Dàyǔ guòhòu, gōngrénmen liányè qiǎngxiǎn.

After the downpour, the workers carried out emergency repairs through the night.

HSK 7-9

大坝出现险情后，上千名战士赶到现场抗洪抢险。

Dàbà chūxiàn xiǎnqíng hòu, shàngqiān míng zhànshì gǎndào xiànchǎng kànghóng qiǎngxiǎn.

When the dam showed signs of danger, more than a thousand soldiers rushed to the site to fight the flood.

Tips

usage

抢 'to race against time' + 险 'danger'. It is stock vocabulary of disaster news: 抗洪抢险 'fighting a flood', 抢险救灾 'emergency rescue and disaster relief'. Compare 抢修 'rush repairs' and 抢救 'to rescue; to resuscitate'.

Stroke Order

抢 qiǎng

险 xiǎn