援 (yuán) — to help, assist, support, or rescue; to cite, quote, or invoke
Definition
援 is a bound form meaning 'to aid / rescue' (援助) or 'to cite / quote' (援引) — it only appears in compounds, never alone. Think of it as the building-block meaning 'extend (a hand, evidence, support)'.
bound form
to helpassistsupportor rescueto citequoteor invoke
Examples
- 援。Guó jì shè huì fēn fēn shēn chū yuán shǒu.The international community has extended a helping hand one after another.
- 。Zhèng fǔ pài chū le yuán zhù wù zī.The government sent aid supplies.
- 。Tā zài bào gào zhōng yuán yǐn le dà liàng shù jù.He cited a large amount of data in the report.
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