生还 (shēng huán) — to survive (a disaster, accident); to return alive

Definition

Examples

• 在这次地震中，只有十几人生还。
  Zài zhè cì dì zhèn zhōng, zhǐ yǒu shí jǐ rén shēng huán.
  Only a dozen or so people survived this earthquake.
• 救援队相信还有矿工可能生还。
  Jiù yuán duì xiāng xìn hái yǒu kuàng gōng kě néng shēng huán.
  The rescue team believes there may still be miners who could survive.
• 空难发生后，所有乘客全部生还，堪称奇迹。
  Kōng nàn fā shēng hòu, suǒ yǒu chéng kè quán bù shēng huán, kān chēng qí jì.
  After the plane crash, all passengers survived — it was a miracle.