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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
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
to live as widow / to observe widowhood
watchtower
goalkeeper
to see in the New Year / to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve
guard's van (on train) / caboose
person who sticks to old ways; a diehard; a conservative
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 abide by the law
gecko; house lizard
protector God / patron saint
enemy defense / enemy garrison
to keep goal / on duty as gatekeeper
to observe mourning for one's parents
defenders
to keep watch beside a coffin
to stay at home while one's husband is away / grass widow
miser / scrooge
to keep an appointment / to keep one's word
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 keep watch
to go into mourning for one's parents
to defend
punctual
to keep oneself pure / to preserve one's integrity / to remain chaste
to abide by the law / to respect the law
to keep watch during the night
to garrison / to stand guard / on garrison duty
to remain honest and poor
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
to be strictly just and impartial
to keep oneself pure / to preserve one's integrity / to remain chaste
defensive position / guard
to behave oneself; to abide by the rules
guard / garrison soldier
defender / a guard
gatekeeper
to keep one's word / trustworthy
to guard one's territory / to protect the country
to fast
to observe mourning for one's parents
to be faithful to one's mate all one's life
to hold on to / to defend / to keep / to guard
duty to defend the country (idiom)
conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics) / to remain constant (of a number)
conservation law (physics)
to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations / to carry on the good work of one's predecessors
to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
to stay home alone (of married woman)
to observe one's duty steadfastly / devoted to one's job
conservative / reactionary


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