从井救人

to jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom); fig. to help others at the risk to oneself

from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

a well / CL:口[kou3] / neat / orderly

variant of 救[jiu4]

to save / to assist / to rescue

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]