cứu mệnh
Definition
- Verb:
- To save a life: The primary meaning of "cứu mệnh" is to rescue someone from a life-threatening situation, to save their life.
- To be life-saving: It can describe an action or intervention that prevents death.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Bác sĩ đã cứu mệnh bệnh nhân trong ca phẫu thuật khẩn cấp. (The doctor saved the patient's life during the emergency surgery.)
- Chiếc phao cứu sinh đó đã cứu mệnh anh ấy khi tàu chìm. (That lifebuoy saved his life when the ship sank.)
Advanced Usage
- "vị cứu mệnh": A savior, a lifesaver (a person or thing that saves a life).
- Trong cơn hoạn nạn, anh ấy chính là vị cứu mệnh của tôi. (In the disaster, he was my savior.)
- "hành động cứu mệnh": A life-saving action.
- Lời khai của nhân chứng là một hành động cứu mệnh cho bị cáo. (The witness's testimony was a life-saving action for the defendant.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cứu sống (v): To save a life, to rescue (often used interchangeably with "cứu mệnh" but can sound more direct).
- Cứu nguy (v): To rescue from danger or a predicament (focuses on saving from a perilous situation, not exclusively from death).
- Cứu giúp (v): To help, to aid, to rescue (a more general term for providing assistance).
Synonyms
- Giải cứu: To rescue, to save (often from captivity or a specific dangerous situation).
- Bảo toàn tính mạng: To preserve life.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
Note: As a Vietnamese verb, "cứu mệnh" itself is not typically broken into phrasal verbs. Its meaning is contained within the single term.
Related Idioms
- "Cứu cánh": A means to an end, a solution (Note: This is a distinct word and idiom. "Cứu cánh" refers to a method or ultimate purpose, not directly to saving a life, though it shares the character "cứu").
- Học tập là cứu cánh để thoát nghèo. (Education is a means to escape poverty.)