to rescue someone or something from a dangerous or critical condition, such as death or disaster

to recover or salvage a lost or deteriorating situation or financial loss

to urge or entreat someone to stay or remain instead of leaving

to pull strongly against a roaring tide; to try hard to save a desperate situation

unable to be undone, reversed, or recovered

a pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration

a funeral song or a mournful piece of music played in honor of the dead

large elegiac scroll

words of mourning or praise for the deceased, typically in the form of a poem or couplet

elegy; a funeral poem

pulling power (of draft animals)

elegiac tablet

a poem, text, or set of words written to mourn the deceased

to move something forward or back by shoving and pulling

(slang) to salvage a bit of dignity (abbreviation of [[挽回|挽回|wan3 hui2]][[尊严|尊嚴|zun1 yan2]])