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HSK
conservative / to guard / to keep
HSK 4
to defend / to protect (against)
HSK 6
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  *守* | 守* | *守
to guard / to defend / to keep watch / to abide by the law / to observe (rules or ritual) / nearby / adjoining
HSK 4
to guard / to protect
HSK 7-9
to wait for / to expect / to keep watch / to watch over / to nurse
HSK 7-9
to abide by the law / to respect the law
to observe mourning for one's parents
to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative / stickler for tradition
to hold fast to / to stick to
HSK 7-9
to comply with; to abide by; to respect (an agreement)
HSK 5
senior provincial official in imperial China
personal integrity
conservative faction
to abide by / to keep (promises etc)
to strictly maintain
to abide by the law
goalkeeper
conservatism
gatekeeper
punctual
rules / regulations
to guard / to defend
to scrupulously abide by
to abscond / to be absent without leave
(idiom) to continue in the same old rut / diehard conservative attitudes
duty to defend the country (idiom)
to keep goal / on duty as gatekeeper
to keep watch
to live as widow / to observe widowhood
to hold on to / to defend / to keep / to guard
to stay at home while one's husband is away / grass widow
total football (soccer)
"left-behind children", rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant workers in distant urban areas, but cannot afford to keep the family with them
to guard / to hold a fortified position / entrenched
to stay behind to take care of things
defender / a guard
conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics) / to remain constant (of a number)
to carry out official duties and observe the law
to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
protector God / patron saint
to go into mourning for one's parents
to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors / mutual help and protection
governor of a province
defenders
to see in the New Year / to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve
to stay together; to rely on one another
lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped / reticent / not breathing a word
to keep watch beside a coffin / to observe a period of mourning
conservation law (physics)
to be content with one's lot (idiom) / to know one's place
to embezzle
to preserve one's heritage / to defend the accomplishments of previous generations / to carry on the good work / to keep one's business going
to stay up through the night (idiom)
to garrison / to stand guard / on garrison duty
to hold a pass / to guard (a strategic location)
to keep one's word / trustworthy
to keep oneself pure / to preserve one's integrity / to remain chaste
guard / garrison soldier
enemy defense / enemy garrison
to maintain / to adhere to / to observe (an injunction etc)
conservation of energy (physics)
to stay home alone (of married woman)
conservative political parties
to guard
Yang Shouren (1912-2005), PRC agricultural scientist / Yang Shouren (16th century), Ming dynasty scholar
miser / scrooge
to neglect one's duties
(idiom) absentminded; dazed; distracted
to comply faithfully / sincerely abiding by
to keep watch beside a coffin
to be on all-night duty / to be on night watch / to keep a vigil
to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations / to carry on the good work of one's predecessors
(to be guilty of) dereliction of duty
lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative
HSK 7-9
to stand a siege / trapped in a besieged city
defensive position / guard
(of a couple) to stay together for life
to observe mourning for one's parents
watchtower
conservative / reactionary
able to act while maintaining one's integrity (idiom) / also written 有守有為|有守有为
(of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend / (fig.) to stand guard / to protect
person who sticks to old ways; a diehard; a conservative
easily guarded, hard to attack
to strongly defend one's position / to be entrenched / to cling to
to keep promises
to be strictly just and impartial
duty / responsibility / post
faithful (to the memory of betrothed) / constant (of widow who remains unmarried)
to observe one's duty steadfastly / devoted to one's job
to hold tight / to cling to / to adhere / stubborn / to detain sb as prisoner
(man a post and) defend
(of a security guard etc) to be on duty, keeping an eye on things / to keep watch
lighthouse keeper
defender
hidebound by convention (idiom)
to behave oneself; to abide by the rules
to stick to sth stubbornly / never let go
to give up defending / to yield / to surrender
watchman

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