支援 zhīyuán to provide assistance
to provide assistance; to support; to back
How to remember 支援: 支 branch + 援 to assist = to provide assistance.
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How it is used
- To back up with reinforcement - manpower, resources, support - 支援前线 (zhīyuán qiánxiàn) support the front line.
- Contrast 援助 (yuánzhù, aid, often material to those in need): 支援 is throwing your weight behind an effort to reinforce it.