cứu tử
Definition
- Verb:
- To save from death / to rescue from a fatal situation: The primary meaning of "cứu tử" is to perform an action that directly prevents someone from dying or pulls them out of a life-threatening circumstance.
- To be life-saving: It describes an intervention of critical, urgent importance to preserve life.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Các bác sĩ đã cứu tử bệnh nhân trong ca mổ cấp cứu. (The doctors saved the patient's life in the emergency surgery.)
- Chiếc phao cứu sinh đã cứu tử người đàn ông đuối nước. (The lifebuoy saved the drowning man's life.)
- Hành động kịp thời của anh lính cứu hỏa đã cứu tử cả gia đình. (The firefighter's timely action saved the whole family's lives.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in formal, medical, or heroic contexts to emphasize the gravity and success of a rescue from death. It is stronger and more specific than the general verb "cứu" (to save/rescue).
Variants and Related Words
Cứu sống (v): to save a life; a very close synonym to "cứu tử."
- Họ tìm mọi cách để cứu sống đứa bé. (They tried every way to save the child's life.)
Cứu nguy (v): to rescue from a dangerous or precarious situation, which may not always be immediately fatal.
- Khoản vay đã cứu nguy công ty khỏi phá sản. (The loan rescued the company from bankruptcy.)
Synonyms
- Save (someone's life): to keep safe from death.
- Rescue from death: to deliver from a fatal situation.
- Be life-saving: having the quality of preventing death.
Related Idioms
- Cứu tử như cứu hỏa: (To save from death is like putting out a fire) – An idiom emphasizing that saving a life requires the utmost urgency and speed.
- Trong y học, cứu tử như cứu hỏa, mỗi giây đều quý giá. (In medicine, saving a life is like putting out a fire; every second is precious.)