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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *防* | 防* | *防
to protect / to defend / to guard against / to prevent
HSK 3
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 prevent / to take precautions against / to protect / to guard against / precautionary / prophylactic
HSK 3
conservative / to guard / to keep
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *守* | 守* | *守
to guard / to defend / to keep watch / to abide by the law / to observe (rules or ritual) / nearby / adjoining
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *看* | 看* | *看
to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to be on guard / wariness / to guard against / preventive
HSK 6
to guard / to protect
HSK 7-9
to guard against theft / anti-theft
HSK 7-9
to be on the alert / vigilant / alert / on guard / to warn
HSK 7-9
to guard against / to be vigilant / watch you don't (slip) / Taiwan pr. [ti2 fang2]
HSK 7-9
to guard a pass / to check on sth
HSK 7-9
(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off
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 take precautions / to guard against (emergency)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卫* | 卫* | *卫
to guard / to protect / to defend / abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene / health / abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *仕* | 仕* | *仕
to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将
to warn / to alert / to be on the alert / to stand guard / sentinel
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *解* | 解* | *解
to transport under guard
to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case / prepared for any eventualities
(of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend / (fig.) to stand guard / to protect
parade guards (usually spaced out along parade routes) / example / model / pacesetter
unexpectedly / suddenly / at unawares / off guard / against expectations
to save from damage / to preserve / to maintain / to keep in good repair / (Tw) security guard
to be caught off guard / without warning
to guard / to watch over
shockproof / to guard against earthquakes
rear guard / backfield / fullback
(of a security guard etc) to be on duty, keeping an eye on things / to keep watch
guard at gate / sentry
to be on duty (of a security guard etc)
to retreat and defend / to withdraw and maintain one's guard
guard / bodyguard
to guard / to defend
to take strict precautions / on your guard
coast guard
guard (i.e. group of soldiers)
to stand guard / to serve on sentry duty
to guard against / to beware of
guard / garrison
to guard / to protect / bodyguard (for officials in ancient times)
to escort (goods or funds) / to convey under guard
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扼* | 扼* | *扼
to grip forcefully / to clutch at / to guard / to control / to hold
to garrison / to stand guard / on garrison duty
unprepared; off guard
to be on guard; alert / vigilance; alertness
to treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard
(old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc
to guard against pride and impatience (idiom); to remain modest and keep cool
to hold a pass / to guard (a strategic location)
to stand as a goalkeeper / to keep guard on a gate
imperial guard
to guard
guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
to garrison the border / to guard the frontier / exile to a border garrison post
to seek to protect / to ensure / to maintain / to guard
to stand guard over / (security) guard
sudden thrust (that catches the opponent off guard)
to guard one's territory / to protect the country
to relieve a sentry / to change the guard
cowshed / makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution / (baseball) bullpen
Red Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)
Harqin (Mongol: guard) / Harqin banner or Kharchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia / also Harqin Left Mongol autonomous county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳, Liaoning
to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard
to try everything to avoid; to guard against
paraphernalia of a guard of honor
navy vessel / (coast guard) patrol boat
to speak cautiously / to guard one's tongue
to take preventative measures; to guard against accident or disaster
guard's van (on train) / caboose
(idiom) one man guarding the pass can prevent the passage of ten thousand
advanced guard / vanguard / avant-garde / forward (soccer position)
police classification / subdivision of policing activities (traffic, border guard, criminal etc)
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)
lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped / reticent / not breathing a word
Red Guards
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镡* | 镡* | *镡
guard (on a sword handle) / pommel (on a sword handle) / dagger / Taiwan pr. [tan2]
to guard
to guard / to hold a fortified position / entrenched
defensive position / guard
capitalist roader (person in power taking the capitalist road, a political label often pinned on cadres by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution)
to guard / to protect
to guard against
prison guard / jailer (old)
watchtower; guard tower / police booth
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *韝* | 韝* | *韝
archer's arm guard
to protect / to guard / to shield
to escort a criminal under guard (in former times)
to go on sentry duty / to stand guard
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *衞* | 衞* | *衞
variant of 衛|卫 / to guard / to defend
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
Commandant of Guards (in imperial China), one of the Nine Ministers 九卿
guard of honor
to check the guard posts / (coll.) to check up on sb (spouse, employee etc)
(of a dog etc) to guard its food

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