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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
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
rules / regulations
to be on all-night duty / to be on night watch / to keep a vigil
goalkeeper
to guard / to defend
protector God / patron saint
to keep an appointment / to keep one's word
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 abide by the law
to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors / mutual help and protection
to keep goal / on duty as gatekeeper
defenders
to guard one's territory / to protect the country
to keep promises
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
punctual
lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped / reticent / not breathing a word
to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations / to carry on the good work of one's predecessors
defensive position / guard
to defend
to keep oneself pure / to preserve one's integrity / to remain chaste
to keep watch beside a coffin / to observe a period of mourning
enemy defense / enemy garrison
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 observe mourning for one's parents
guard / garrison soldier
to abide by the law / to respect the law
to stay at home while one's husband is away / grass widow
to go into mourning for one's parents
to keep one's word / trustworthy
to behave oneself; to abide by the rules
gatekeeper
to be strictly just and impartial
duty to defend the country (idiom)
to keep watch during the night
conservation law (physics)
to be faithful to one's mate all one's life
to keep watch
watchtower
to stay home alone (of married woman)
person who sticks to old ways; a diehard; a conservative
defender / a guard
miser / scrooge
to keep oneself pure / to preserve one's integrity / to remain chaste


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