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HSK
head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child
HSK 2
The Guardian (U.K. newspaper)
guardian / defender
to act as a guardian
HSK 7-9
patron saint / guardian angel
Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty / posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama
Guardian Council of the Constitution of Iran
guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial palaces, imperial tombs, temples etc
(idiom) to have a face as terrifying as a temple's guardian deity
Guardian Council, body of 12 appointed clerics which governs Iran
diamond / (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon) / guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography)
the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra) / the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha
Ox-Head, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology
(ancient Chinese astronomy) Zhuque, the Vermilion Bird (the southern quadrant of the sky) / (Daoism) the guardian deity of the south
guardian
guardian / carer / patron
Skanda, the general or guardian Bodhisattva
Horse-Face, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology


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