粵

救gau3兵bing1

gau3 bing1jiù bīng

English

  1. relief troops; reinforcements
  2. the relief troops; the reinforcements; the cavalry
  3. troops that rescue people from a bad situation; person that saves you from a crisis

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 本身指喺打仗情況危急嘅時候嚟幫手嘅軍隊;而家引申指關鍵時刻幫手脱離困境嘅人(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 全靠有你依個救兵,唔係嘅話我一定交唔切依篇文。

    It is you who saves my grade. If it wasn't you, I couldn't have submitted this essay on time.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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