pū jiù

Traditional: 撲救

扑救 (pū jiù) is a Chinese word meaning “firefighting; to extinguish a fire and save life and property; to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer)”.

Meanings

  1. 1firefighting
  2. 2to extinguish a fire and save life and property
  3. 3to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer)

Characters in 扑救

扑pū · to throw oneself at救jiù · to save

Related words

救to save救variant of 救[jiu4]拯救to save; to rescue救命to save sb's life救护车ambulance救援to save挽救to save急救to give emergency treatment扑克poker (game) (loanword)求救to seek help (when in distress or having difficulties)扑to throw oneself at解救to rescue

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