to call somebody to the rescue; to entreat help; to ask for help; to send an SOS
Cùng đường , bọn phản cách mạng cầu cứu bọn phản động nước ngoài
At the end of their tether, the counter-revolutionaries entreated help of foreign reactionaries
Cầu cứu hàng xóm
To call upon one's neighbours for help; to call one's neighbours to the rescue
Nhìn bằng con mắt cầu cứu
To look with help-entreating eyes