Definition

1. Verb:
   • To save from suffering; to relieve from misery: "cứu khổ" means to rescue or deliver someone from a state of hardship, distress, or profound suffering.
   • To show compassion by alleviating pain: It implies an act of mercy or charity aimed at ending or reducing someone's anguish.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Các tổ chức từ thiện luôn cố gắng cứu khổ cho người dân vùng thiên tai. (Charity organizations always try to save people in disaster areas from suffering.)
  • Tấm lòng của ông ấy là cứu khổ cho mọi người. (His compassion is to relieve people from misery.)

Advanced Usage

• "cứu khổ cứu nạn": A common compound phrase meaning "to save from suffering and calamity." It is often used in religious or deeply compassionate contexts to describe a comprehensive act of salvation from all forms of disaster and misery.
  • Đức Phật từ bi, cứu khổ cứu nạn chúng sinh. (The compassionate Buddha saves sentient beings from suffering and calamity.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cứu (verb): To save, to rescue. The core verb.
• Khổ (noun/adjective): Suffering, misery; difficult, bitter. The object of the saving action.
• Cứu nạn (verb phrase): To save from disaster/calamity. Often paired with "cứu khổ."
• Cứu trợ (verb): To provide relief aid.
• Cứu giúp (verb): To help, to aid.

Synonyms

• Giải thoát: To liberate, to deliver (often from a binding situation).
• Cứu vớt: To salvage, to save (often from a dire situation).
• Xoa dịu: To soothe, to alleviate (pain or sorrow).

Related Phrases

• Làm phước cứu khổ: To do charitable deeds to relieve suffering.
  • Bà ấy dành cả đời làm phước cứu khổ. (She spent her whole life doing charity to relieve suffering.)