救活 (jiù huó) — to revive (someone), to resuscitate, to bring back to life

Definition

救活 (jiùhuó) is a resultative verb meaning 'to revive / bring someone back to life', focused on the successful outcome. Pairs with the 把 construction and the passive 被, as in the examples.

verb
to revive (someone)to resuscitateto bring back to life

Examples

  • 救活
    Yī shēng chéng gōng bǎ tā jiù huó le.
    The doctor successfully revived him.
  • 救活
    Jīng guò qiǎng jiù, tā zhōng yú bèi jiù huó le.
    After rescue treatment, he was finally revived.
  • 救活
    Yī shēng men jìn le zuì dà nǔ lì qù jiù huó nà ge bìng rén.
    The doctors did their utmost to revive that patient.

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