No. 2,855 in Chinese
抢救
"抢救" means "to rescue or save urgently."
In a sentence
医生迅速抢救了患者的生命。
The doctor quickly saved the patient's life.
In this sentence, '抢救' refers to taking immediate action to revive or save a patient's life in an urgent medical situation.
这个手术是为了抢救病人的眼睛。
This surgery is to save the patient's eyesight.
Here, '抢救' conveys the act of intervention to preserve or recover the function of the patient's eyes.
他努力抢救即将沉没的船只。
He strived to save the sinking ship.
In this context, '抢救' is used to describe the act of urgently trying to rescue a physical object in distress, i.e., a ship.
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