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守
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Definitions
- 1. to guard
- 2. to defend
- 3. to keep watch
- 4. to abide by the law
- 5. to observe (rules or ritual)
- 6. nearby
- 7. adjoining
Example Sentences
1 shown遵 守 規則！
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Words Containing 守
goalkeeper
to guard
to maintain
to carry out official duties and observe the law
to be content with one's lot (idiom)
(military) (of a city etc) to fall into enemy hands
to guard
watchman
to abide by
to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative
defender
protector God
to defend
conservative faction
to abide by the law
abstracted
diehard conservative attitudes
to stand a siege
to observe one's duty steadfastly
miser
(of a married woman) to stay home alone
to abide by the law
to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors
to keep watch
punctual
to observe mourning for one's parents
to counter (a stroke in fencing)
to give up defending
to go into mourning for one's parents
to wait for
gecko; house lizard
conservative
to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations
conservation of energy (physics)
to keep watch beside a coffin
to defend
to scrupulously abide by
conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics)
conservatism
to stay at home while one's husband is away
to guard
to guard
easily guarded, hard to attack
to be strictly just and impartial
to keep oneself pure
conservative
to behave oneself; to abide by the rules
guard
to neglect one's duties
to keep one's word
to stay home alone (of married woman)
to retreat and defend
to stay up through the night (idiom)
to be preoccupied (idiom)
defensive position
duty to defend the country (idiom)
(man a post and) defend
to hang around keeping a watch out for sth
to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
rules
to keep goal
lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
to have custody of
personal integrity
to cling to
watchtower
conservation law (physics)
detachment left to provide covering fire
Yang Shouren (1912-2005), PRC agricultural scientist
stubborn and conservative
to see in the New Year
to keep promises
to fast
(to be guilty of) dereliction of duty
gatekeeper
to garrison
conservative political parties
to strongly defend one's position
to stay together; to rely on one another
to keep oneself pure
total football (soccer)
able to act while maintaining one's integrity (idiom)
to keep an appointment
detention center
to guard one's territory
close the country to international intercourse
to keep watch during the night
to embezzle
to adhere strictly (to the rules)
(of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend
to comply faithfully
to live as widow
faithful (to the memory of betrothed)
to defend one's property to the death
\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
to remain honest and poor
enemy defense
to preserve one's heritage
to guard (a strategic location)
to keep watch beside a coffin
to be faithful to one's mate all one's life
to strictly maintain
to stick to sth stubbornly
to defend
guard's van (on train)
defenders
to guard
to guard
lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
to comply with; to abide by; to respect (an agreement)
senior provincial official in imperial China
to be on all-night duty
to stay behind to take care of things
conservative
to abscond
hidebound by convention (idiom)
duty
to observe mourning for one's parents
to neglect one's duty
(of a security guard etc) to be on duty, keeping an eye on things
to stick to
governor of a province