savior; life-saving benefactor
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
one's savior or life-saving benefactor; person to whom one owes a profound debt of gratitude
literaryAlso written as 重生父母. This idiom expresses the highest level of gratitude, comparing the benefactor to parents who gave one life a second time.
Nǐ你
shì是
wǒ我
de的
zài再
shēng生
fù父
mǔ母
，
wǒ我
yī一
bèi辈
zi子
dōu都
bù不
huì会
wàng忘
jì记
nǐ你
de的
ēn恩
qíng情
。
You are my savior; I will never forget your kindness for the rest of my life.
Yī医
shēng生
bǎ把
tā他
cóng从
sǐ死
wáng亡
xiàn线
shàng上
jiù救
le了
huí回
lái来
，
duì对
tā他
lái来
shuō说
，
yī医
shēng生
jiù就
shì是
zài再
shēng生
fù父
mǔ母
。
The doctor pulled him back from the brink of death; to him, the doctor is his savior.
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Zài在
nà那
gè个
nián年
dài代
，
shōu收
liú留
gū孤
ér儿
de的
rén人
bèi被
hái孩
zi子
men们
shì视
wéi为
zài再
shēng生
fù父
mǔ母
。
In those days, people who took in orphans were regarded by the children as their saviors.