Save the nation and seek survival, to prevent its total destruction.
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Very strong, dramatic language. Associated with late-Qing and Republican-era reformist/revolutionary rhetoric (救亡图存) about the fate of China under foreign aggression. Rare in casual use.
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Key vocabulary in modern Chinese historical narrative about the 'century of humiliation' (百年国耻). Often invoked to frame existential national threats.
