cầu cứu
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Verb:
- To call for help; to cry for help; to appeal for rescue: The primary meaning of "cầu cứu" is to urgently request assistance or salvation, typically in a dangerous, desperate, or critical situation.
- To entreat help; to beseech aid: This meaning emphasizes a pleading or begging manner when asking for help.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Người bị nạn đang cầu cứu. (The victim is calling for help.)
- Cô ấy nhìn tôi bằng ánh mắt cầu cứu. (She looked at me with help-entreating eyes.)
- Chính phủ đã cầu cứu cộng đồng quốc tế. (The government appealed to the international community for help.)
Advanced Usage
- "cầu cứu pháp luật": to seek legal recourse; to appeal to the law for help.
- Người dân có quyền cầu cứu pháp luật. (Citizens have the right to seek legal recourse.)
Variants and Related Words
Kêu cứu (v): to cry for help. This is a close synonym, often used in more immediate, vocal situations.
- Tôi nghe thấy tiếng kêu cứu. (I heard a cry for help.)
Xin cứu giúp (v): to request help/salvation. A more formal or explicit phrase.
- Họ đã gửi thư xin cứu giúp. (They sent a letter requesting help.)
Synonyms
- Appeal for help: To make a serious or urgent request for assistance.
- S.O.S.: An international signal calling for help.
- Beseech aid: To ask for help earnestly or desperately.
Related Idioms
- "Cầu cứu như cáo kêu đồng": Literally "to call for help like a fox cries in the field," implying a desperate but perhaps futile or unheeded plea for help.
- Hắn cầu cứu như cáo kêu đồng, nhưng chẳng ai đến. (He cried for help in vain, but no one came.)
verb
- To entreat help
- nhìn bằng con mắt cầu cứuto look with help-entreating eyes