拯救

zhěngjiù
verb HSK 7-9 #1,249

Meanings

  1. 1 to save; to rescue; to deliver

Characters

Both characters mean 'to rescue' - a dramatic, literary-sounding word for salvation.

Examples

HSK 2
Shéi lái zhěngjiù dìqiú?
Who will save the planet?
HSK 5
Xiāofáng yuán zhěngjiù le bèi kùn de jūmín.
Firefighters rescued the trapped residents.

In Pop Culture

拯救大兵瑞恩 Zhěngjiù Dàbīng Ruì'ēn
Saving Private Ryan
Chinese title of the 1998 Steven Spielberg film

Stroke Order

zhěng
jiù