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解救

jiě jiù

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

解救 (jiě jiù) means "to rescue; to help out of difficulties; to save the situation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 解救 means

1. to rescue
2. to help out of difficulties
3. to save the situation

The characters in 解救

• 解jiěto divide; to break up; to split
• 救jiùto save; to assist; to rescue

Example sentences

• 他们被直升机解救。
  Tāmen bèi zhíshēngjī jiějiù.
  They were rescued by helicopter.

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