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救场如救火

jiù chǎng rú jiù huǒ

Definitions

  1. 1. the show must go on (idiom)

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Child Words of 救场如救火

场
cháng

threshing floor

场
chǎng

large place used for a specific purpose

如
rú

as

救
jiù

to save

火
huǒ

fire

救场
jiù chǎng

to save the show (for instance by stepping in for an absent actor)

救火
jiù huǒ

to put out a fire