cứu khổ
Definition
- 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.)