Definition
救火 is a separable verb (离合词) meaning 'to fight a fire' or 'to put out a fire'. The two syllables 救 and 火 can split when adding measure words, durations, or frequency: you can say 救了一次火 ('fought a fire once') or 救了半个小时的火 ('fought the fire for half an hour'). Note the logic is 'save from fire', not 'save fire' — think of it as attending to an emergency.
v.o.
to fight a fireto put out a fire
Examples
- 救火。Xiāofángyuán zhèngzài jiù huǒ.Firefighters are fighting a fire.
- 。Tāmen jiù le yí ge xiǎoshí de huǒ cái fāxiàn méi rén.They fought the fire for an hour before realizing no one was inside.
- ，救火。Línjū jiā shī huǒ le, dàjiā kuài qù jiù huǒ.The neighbor's house is on fire — everyone go fight it!
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