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HSK
conservative / to guard / to keep
HSK 4
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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 comply with; to abide by; to respect (an agreement)
HSK 5
to defend / to protect (against)
HSK 6
to guard / to protect
HSK 7-9
to hold fast to / to stick to
HSK 7-9
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 wait for / to expect / to keep watch / to watch over / to nurse
HSK 7-9
to stay behind to take care of things
rules / regulations
to guard / to watch over
to be on all-night duty / to be on night watch / to keep a vigil
to strictly maintain
governor of a province
goalkeeper
to retreat and defend / to withdraw and maintain one's guard
to guard / to defend
protector God / patron saint
to keep an appointment / to keep one's word
(military) (of a city etc) to fall into enemy hands / (fig.) to take a turn for the worse
conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics) / to remain constant (of a number)
to garrison / to stand guard / on garrison duty
to scrupulously abide by
to abide by the law
duty / responsibility / post
to neglect one's duty / dereliction of duty / malpractice
to strongly defend one's position / to be entrenched / to cling to
to guard
to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors / mutual help and protection
(man a post and) defend
to stay together; to rely on one another
to keep goal / on duty as gatekeeper
(of a security guard etc) to be on duty, keeping an eye on things / to keep watch
defenders
to guard one's territory / to protect the country
hidebound by convention (idiom)
to abide by / to keep (promises etc)
personal integrity
(of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend / (fig.) to stand guard / to protect
to keep promises
to be content with one's lot (idiom) / to know one's place
to keep watch beside a coffin
conservative / reactionary
to see in the New Year / to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve
guard's van (on train) / caboose
gecko; house lizard
to live as widow / to observe widowhood
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 observe mourning for one's parents
to be preoccupied (idiom) / to be inattentive / to be frightened out of one's mind
(idiom) to continue in the same old rut / diehard conservative attitudes
to abscond / to be absent without leave
to defend one's property to the death / to cling obstinately to old habits / die-hard
to embezzle
punctual
lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped / reticent / not breathing a word
senior provincial official in imperial China
to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations / to carry on the good work of one's predecessors
to guard
to have custody of
to guard / to hold a fortified position / entrenched
defensive position / guard
to defend
close the country to international intercourse
to stand a siege / trapped in a besieged city
to keep oneself pure / to preserve one's integrity / to remain chaste
to carry out official duties and observe the law
to keep watch beside a coffin / to observe a period of mourning
enemy defense / enemy garrison
(idiom) absentminded; dazed; distracted
faithful (to the memory of betrothed) / constant (of widow who remains unmarried)
to remain honest and poor
to fast
to observe one's duty steadfastly / devoted to one's job
to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
to hold on to / to defend / to keep / to guard
to hold tight / to cling to / to adhere / stubborn / to detain sb as prisoner
detention center
to adhere strictly (to the rules)
to give up defending / to yield / to surrender
to observe mourning for one's parents
guard / garrison soldier
to comply faithfully / sincerely abiding by
conservation of energy (physics)
to abide by the law / to respect the law
to counter (a stroke in fencing)
to stay at home while one's husband is away / grass widow
"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 go into mourning for one's parents
to keep one's word / trustworthy
to behave oneself; to abide by the rules
gatekeeper
conservative political parties
to be strictly just and impartial
to maintain / to adhere to / to observe (an injunction etc)
to stick to sth stubbornly / never let go
stubborn and conservative
duty to defend the country (idiom)
to keep watch during the night
(of a married woman) to stay home alone

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