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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *防* | 防* | *防
to protect / to defend / to guard against / to prevent
HSK 3
conservative / to guard / to keep
HSK 4
to prevent / to guard against / to take precautions
HSK 3
to ensure public security / to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production) / public security / security guard
HSK 3
to be on guard / wariness / to guard against / preventive
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镇* | 镇* | *镇
to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks)
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *看* | 看* | *看
to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *戒* | 戒* | *戒
to guard against / to exhort / to admonish or warn / to give up or stop doing sth / Buddhist monastic discipline / ring (for a finger)
HSK 5
to prevent / to take precautions against / to protect / to guard against / precautionary / prophylactic
HSK 3
(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *更* | 更* | *更
to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
honor guard / guard of honor / the banner bearing contingent leading a military procession
lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
to be on the alert / vigilant / alert / on guard / to warn
HSK 7-9
to guard against
advanced guard / vanguard / avant-garde / forward (soccer position)
to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard
to guard / to defend
refrain from hurting others, yet guard against those trying to hurt you (proverb)
young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *韝* | 韝* | *韝
archer's arm guard
to save from damage / to preserve / to maintain / to keep in good repair / (Tw) security guard
to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法)
watchtower; guard tower / police booth
to stand guard over / (security) guard
to hold on to / to defend / to keep / to guard
rear guard / backfield / fullback
to guard / to hold a fortified position / entrenched
to take precautions / to guard against (emergency)
HSK 7-9
coast guard
to speak cautiously / to guard one's tongue
guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
guard at gate / sentry
defender / a guard
to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
to guard against theft / anti-theft
HSK 7-9
master of martial arts, in former times often employed by a landlord to teach fighting skills and guard the house / (fig.) sb who arrogantly and condescendingly lectures others
honor guard / parade squad
to take strict precautions / on your guard
to take preventative measures; to guard against accident or disaster
to guard against / to be vigilant / watch you don't (slip) / Taiwan pr. [ti2 fang2]
HSK 7-9
to treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard
to guard a pass / to check on sth
HSK 7-9
National Guard (United States)
to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case / prepared for any eventualities
to guard / to protect
shin pad / shin guard
lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped / reticent / not breathing a word
guard / garrison
to be on duty (of a security guard etc)
to guard against / to beware of
to try everything to avoid; to guard against
(basketball) point guard
guard
China Coast Guard
guard (i.e. group of soldiers)
to seek to protect / to ensure / to maintain / to guard
to garrison / to stand guard / on garrison duty
to guard against pride and impatience (idiom); to remain modest and keep cool
to hold a pass / to guard (a strategic location)
Red Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)
unprepared; off guard
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *仕* | 仕* | *仕
to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将
guard / garrison soldier
to garrison the border / to guard the frontier / exile to a border garrison post
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *解* | 解* | *解
to transport under guard
to be caught off guard / without warning
(Tw) security guard
to guard
to relieve a sentry / to change the guard
(idiom) one man guarding the pass can prevent the passage of ten thousand
to relieve a garrison / to change guard complement
cowshed / makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution / (baseball) bullpen
United States Coast Guard
to guard / to protect / bodyguard (for officials in ancient times)
parade guards (usually spaced out along parade routes) / example / model / pacesetter
to protect / to guard / to shield
(old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc
White Guard or White Movement, anti-communist troops fighting against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922)
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扼* | 扼* | *扼
to grip forcefully / to clutch at / to guard / to control / to hold
to stand as a goalkeeper / to keep guard on a gate
Potiphar, the captain of the pharaoh's guard (in the account of Joseph in the Book of Genesis)
imperial guard
guard / bodyguard
defensive position / guard
defense of the imperial palace or of the capital / the palace guard (or a member of that unit)
capitalist roader (person in power taking the capitalist road, a political label often pinned on cadres by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution)
hand guard (e.g. on saber)
(of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend / (fig.) to stand guard / to protect
to guard
to escort a criminal under guard (in former times)
lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom) / fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside
to escort (goods or funds) / to convey under guard
commander of the imperial guards
to be on guard; alert / vigilance; alertness
Red Guards
horse guard / imperial cavalry guard (of officials or eunuchs)

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