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遇溺

yù nì

2-character word

What 遇溺 means

1. Hong Kongto get into difficulties (in the sea or a swimming pool etc)

The characters in 遇溺

• 遇yù(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…
• 溺nìto drown; to indulge; addicted to

Example sentences

• 他奋不顾身地把遇溺的男孩救了起来。
  Tā fènbùgùshēn de bǎ yùnì de nánhái jiù le qǐlai.
  He saved the drowning boy at the risk of his own life.
• 他救了那个遇溺的男孩，但却犠牲了自己的生命。
  Tā jiù le nàge yùnì de nánhái, dàn què xī shēng le zìjǐ de shēngmìng.
  He saved the boy from drowning, but only at the cost of his own life.