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HSK
7-9

to rescue

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

zheng3 zhěng

Meaning


Primary

to rescue

Alternatives

rescue, rescues, rescuing, rescued, to save, save

Mnemonic


[zh-] James Bond is in the [3] basement of the [-(e)ng] English manor which has flooded. So the 一 ground of the basement is entirely covered in 水 water, partially submerging the priceless statues stored there. He discovers a 扌 finger that is drowning in the 水 water and runs over 拯 to rescue it. He places the 扌 finger out of the water and onto the top of a dusty wet statue, 拯 rescuing it. All in a days work for a secret agent like himself.

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