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The character "挽" derives from its traditional form "輓", structurally composed of the cart radical and the phonetic component "免", originally conveying the specific act of pulling a cart or vehicle. This core meaning of pulling or drawing gradually broadened to include any forceful tugging or dragging action, while simultaneously acquiring a secondary semantic layer related to mourning, evident in its use within words denoting elegies or lamentations. The simplified iteration, which substitutes the cart radical with the hand radical, accentuates the physical manual effort involved in pulling yet preserves the associated funerary meanings that had become established over time.
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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。