互助

• 拼音: hù zhù
• 汉字拆解: 互 = mutual, reciprocal; 助 = 且 (moreover) + 力 (strength/effort) — to lend strength, to assist

含义

To help each other; mutual aid. The practice of assisting one another within a community or group.

互助组 (mutual aid group) was a key concept in early PRC agricultural policy. Today used widely in community groups, self-help networks, and development discourse.

例句

1. 这个社区自发组建了互助小组，成员们轮流帮助行动不便的老人购买日常生活用品。
2. 公司内部设有员工互助基金，专门用于帮助遭遇突发重大疾病或意外灾难的员工及其家庭。
3. 在偏远山区，互助依然是村民们应对旱涝灾害的重要传统，大家相互支持共渡难关。

用法指南

语境: community, disaster relief, social welfare

语气: positive

正确说法

• 这个在线社区已经发展成为一个成熟的互助平台，成员们通过分享专业经验和技能来帮助彼此解决工作和生活中遇到的各种困难。(This online community has grown into a mature mutual-aid platform where members help one another resolve a wide variety of professional and personal difficulties by sharing expertise and skills.)
• 历史表明，在重大灾难面前，民间自发形成的互助网络往往能够在官方救援力量到达之前发挥不可替代的关键作用。(History shows that when major disasters strike, spontaneously formed mutual-aid networks among ordinary people can often play an irreplaceable and critical role before official relief forces arrive.)

错误说法

• 互助 when you mean one-sided charity — 互助 is strictly reciprocal; use 援助 or 帮助 when describing non-reciprocal assistance

起源与历史

互 (mutually) + 助 (to help; to assist) — helping one another

文化背景

时代: Classical to Modern

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal