damsel in distress

Etymology
, from the classic theme in many dramatic forms.

Noun

 * 1) A young woman perceived as being helpless in a dangerous situation and requiring rescue.

Translations

 * Arabic: فَتَاة فِي مِحْنَة
 * Breton: dimezell en enkrez
 * Catalan: donzella en perill
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 英雄救美
 * Dutch: dame in nood, jonkvrouw in nood
 * Esperanto: savota fraŭlino, savendulino
 * Finnish: neito pulassa
 * French:
 * German: Jungfrau in Nöten, verfolgte Unschuld
 * Hindi: संकट में युवती
 * Italian: damigella in pericolo, fanciulla in pericolo
 * Japanese: 囚われの姫君
 * Korean: 비탄에 빠진 소녀
 * Occitan: domaisèla en perilh, domaisèla en malparat
 * Polish: dama w opałach
 * Portuguese: donzela em apuros, donzela em perigo
 * Russian: де́ва в беде́, пресле́дуемая де́ва
 * Spanish: damisela en apuros
 * Swedish: dam i nöd, jungfru i fara, jungfru i nöd, flicka i trångmål
 * Thai: สาวเอ๊าะเดือดร้อน
 * Ukrainian: діва у біді