救命稻草
Traditional form:
救命稻草
Pinyin (reading):
jiùmìngdàocǎo
Definitions:
- (one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope
Characters:
- 救 - aid, help; to rescue, to save
- 命 - life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
- 稻 - rice plant; rice growing in the field
- 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch
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