Examples
有几个船员溺水而亡。
Some of the crew were drowned.
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他救了一个溺水的男孩。
He rescued a boy from drowning.
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那个溺水的男人抓紧了绳子。
The drowning man grasped at the rope.
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那个高个少年救了溺水儿童。
That tall boy saved the drowning child.
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他把溺水的小孩救了起来，但是却牺牲了自己的生命。
He saved the drowning child at the cost of his own life.
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