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The traditional character '輓' is structured with the cart radical '車' and the phonetic component '免', initially denoting the action of pulling a vehicle, a usage that became specifically associated with funeral hearses and thereby extended to meanings of mourning and lamentation. Its simplified counterpart '挽' replaces the cart radical with the hand radical '扌', emphasizing manual pulling while retaining the same phonetic element, and this structural shift corresponds to a semantic expansion where the character now encompasses both the physical act of drawing and the figurative sense of grieving, effectively consolidating the roles once separated by the distinct forms.
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他挽着妈妈的手过马路。
我想挽回这段友谊。
医生们努力挽救病人的生命。
她的这番话挽回了尴尬的局面。
公司正在采取措施挽救经济损失。
朋友们极力挽留他多住几天。
这个计划旨在挽救濒危物种。
他用实际行动挽回了大家的信任。