救亡圖存

Chinese

		to save the nation from extinction	to strive for survival
trad. (救亡圖存)		救亡	圖存
simp. (救亡图存)		救亡	图存

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiùwángtúcún

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄘㄨㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiùwángtúcún
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄘㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiòuwángtúcún
  - Wade–Giles: chiu⁴-wang²-tʻu²-tsʻun²
  - Yale: jyòu-wáng-tú-tswún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowwangtwutswen
  - Palladius: цзювантуцунь (czjuvantucunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵ tʰu³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵/

Idiom

救亡圖存

to save (a country, nation, etc.) and ensure its survival
- 中國共產黨在革命鬥爭中的偉大的歷史成就，使得今天處在民族敵人侵入的緊急關頭的中國有了救亡圖存的條件。 [MSC, trad.]
  中国共产党在革命斗争中的伟大的历史成就，使得今天处在民族敌人侵入的紧急关头的中国有了救亡图存的条件。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1936, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國革命戰爭的戰略問題》 (Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng zài gémìng dòuzhēng zhōng de wěidà de lìshǐ chéngjiù, shǐdé jīntiān chǔzài mínzú dírén qīnrù de jǐnjí guāntóu de Zhōngguó yǒu le jiùwángtúcún de tiáojiàn. [Pinyin]
  The Party's great historic achievements in its revolutionary struggles have provided the prerequisite for the survival and salvation of China at this critical juncture when she is being invaded by a national enemy.