救火队

救火隊
jiùhuǒduì
noun #34,901

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 fire brigade
  2. 2 firefighting team
  3. 3 (figurative) team brought in to fix emergencies

Examples

Jiùhuǒduì hěn kuài gǎndàole xiànchǎng.
The fire brigade arrived at the scene quickly.
Tā zài gōngsī lǐ jiù xiàng ge jiùhuǒduì, nǎlǐ chū wèntí jiù qù nǎlǐ.
At the company he's like a one-man fire brigade — wherever there's a problem, that's where he goes.

Tips

culture
Modern fire stations in China are usually called 消防队 (xiāofángduì), but 救火队 ('save-fire team') survives in informal speech and figurative use — describing someone who gets thrown at every workplace crisis.

Stroke Order

jiù
huǒ
duì