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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
to wait for / to expect / to keep watch / to watch over / to nurse
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 be on all-night duty / to be on night watch / to keep a vigil
Yang Shouren (1912-2005), PRC agricultural scientist / Yang Shouren (16th century), Ming dynasty scholar
to live as widow / to observe widowhood
watchtower
conservative faction
to guard / to defend
lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped / reticent / not breathing a word
rules / regulations
to defend one's property to the death / to cling obstinately to old habits / die-hard
to abide by the law
personal integrity
(military) (of a city etc) to fall into enemy hands / (fig.) to take a turn for the worse
detention center
gecko; house lizard
(man a post and) defend
to guard / to watch over
protector God / patron saint
goalkeeper
governor of a province
enemy defense / enemy garrison
to keep goal / on duty as gatekeeper
to strictly maintain
defenders
hidebound by convention (idiom)
to keep watch beside a coffin
to stay together; to rely on one another
duty / responsibility / post
to neglect one's duty / dereliction of duty / malpractice
to stay at home while one's husband is away / grass widow
miser / scrooge
to give up defending / to yield / to surrender
(of a married woman) to stay home alone
to keep an appointment / to keep one's word
to see in the New Year / to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve
faithful (to the memory of betrothed) / constant (of widow who remains unmarried)
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 keep watch beside a coffin / to observe a period of mourning
to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative / stickler for tradition
(idiom) to continue in the same old rut / diehard conservative attitudes
to scrupulously abide by
conservation of energy (physics)
to abide by / to keep (promises etc)
to keep watch
to go into mourning for one's parents
to defend
punctual
close the country to international intercourse
to stay behind to take care of things
to keep oneself pure / to preserve one's integrity / to remain chaste
to abscond / to be absent without leave
to abide by the law / to respect the law
to keep watch during the night
to guard
to garrison / to stand guard / on garrison duty
to stick to sth stubbornly / never let go
to remain honest and poor
to hold tight / to cling to / to adhere / stubborn / to detain sb as prisoner
to have custody of
to be content with one's lot (idiom) / to know one's place
senior provincial official in imperial China
to guard
to guard / to hold a fortified position / entrenched
to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors / mutual help and protection
to keep promises
guard's van (on train) / caboose
to be strictly just and impartial
to strongly defend one's position / to be entrenched / to cling to
to stay up through the night (idiom)
to observe mourning for one's parents
to retreat and defend / to withdraw and maintain one's guard
to keep oneself pure / to preserve one's integrity / to remain chaste
(idiom) absentminded; dazed; distracted
conservative / to preserve the outmoded
to stand a siege / trapped in a besieged city
to hold a pass / to guard (a strategic location)
defensive position / guard
to guard one's territory / to protect the country
person who sticks to old ways; a diehard; a conservative
(of a security guard etc) to be on duty, keeping an eye on things / to keep watch
to behave oneself; to abide by the rules
guard / garrison soldier
defender / a guard
gatekeeper
"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
defender
easily guarded, hard to attack
watchman
to keep one's word / trustworthy
to fast
able to act while maintaining one's integrity (idiom) / also written 有守有為|有守有为
to observe mourning for one's parents
to comply faithfully / sincerely abiding by

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