Definition
解救 (jiějiù) means 'to rescue or deliver someone from danger or difficulty,' focusing on freeing someone from a specific predicament or captivity. It is more targeted than the general 救 (jiù) and less formal-literary than 拯救 (zhěngjiù), which is used for larger-scale or moral rescue.
verb
to rescueto save (from danger or difficulty)
Examples
- 解救。Xiāofángyuán cóng dàhuǒ zhōng jiě jiù chū le yì zhī xiǎo māo.The firefighters rescued a kitten from the big fire.
- 解救，。Tāmen zhōngyú bèi jiě jiù chūlai le, dàjiā dōu sōng le yì kǒu qì.They were finally rescued, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
- 解救。Yīshēng quánlì jiě jiù le nà wèi zhòngshāng de bìngrén.The doctor did everything to rescue the seriously injured patient.
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