扶
fú
Meaning
- to support with the hand
- to help sb up
- to help
Definition
用手支持，使不倒；帮助，援助。
to support with hand; to help; to assist.
Usage
常用于表示用手支撑人或物，或比喻帮助、扶持他人或事物。
Often used to indicate supporting a person or object with the hand, or metaphorically helping or assisting others or things.
Examples
- 1 他扶着老人过马路。 (He helped the old man cross the street.)
- 2 请扶一下这个花瓶。 (Please support this vase.)
- 3 扶危济困是传统美德。 (Helping the needy and relieving the distressed is a traditional virtue.)
- 4 他扶了扶眼镜，继续看书。 (He adjusted his glasses and continued reading.)
- 5 扶摇直上九万里。 (Soaring ninety thousand li on the wings of a cyclone.)
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