抢修

搶修

qiǎngxiū

verb #33,141

Meanings

1 to make emergency repairs
2 to repair in a rush
3 to do urgent maintenance

Characters

Examples

抢修队连夜赶到现场修复电网。

Qiǎngxiū duì liányè gǎndào xiànchǎng xiūfù diànwǎng.

The emergency repair team rushed to the scene overnight to fix the power grid.

台风过后,工人们连续抢修了三天。

Táifēng guò hòu, gōngrénmen liánxù qiǎngxiū le sān tiān.

After the typhoon, workers carried out emergency repairs for three days straight.

Tips

usage

The 抢 (grab / rush) prefix on a verb conveys urgent, against-the-clock action. Stock journalistic vocabulary for natural-disaster recovery, infrastructure breakdowns, and battlefield engineering. Compare 抢救 (qiǎngjiù, emergency rescue / resuscitation), 抢险 (qiǎngxiǎn, emergency disaster response), 抢收 (qiǎngshōu, rush harvest).

Stroke Order

抢 qiǎng

修 xiū