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  *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 be on guard / wariness / to guard against / preventive
HSK 6
to defend / to protect (against)
HSK 6
to prevent / to take precautions against / to protect / to guard against / precautionary / prophylactic
HSK 3
firewall
HSK 7-9
firefighting / fire control
HSK 5
to prevent and cure / prevention and cure
HSK 5
strategic defense initiative (SDI)
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
defense budget
(Tw) to combat (bullying, money laundering etc) / to counter
groundsheet (for camping etc)
protective cape
(of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age
national defense
HSK 7-9
civil air defence (abbr. for 人民防空)
to prevent epidemics
HSK 7-9
to guard against
city defense
defense industry
protective clothing; hazmat suit
to defend / to protect
HSK 7-9
fire brigade / fire department
fireman
modernization of national defense, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
(so as) to avoid / to prevent / (just) in case
refrain from hurting others, yet guard against those trying to hurt you (proverb)
anti-aircraft defense
fire engine / fire truck
dike / embankment / levee
(gaming) tower defense
excessive self-defense (self-defense with excessive force)
immunization injection / fig. forewarning / heads-up / preventive measure
bulletproof
antimagnetic
Defense secretary / Defense Minister
to prevent and control (e.g. the spread of a communicable disease)
(national) defense interests
to guard against theft / anti-theft
HSK 7-9
to defend / defensive / defense
HSK 7-9
firefighter; fireman
to take strict precautions / on your guard
to take preventative measures; to guard against accident or disaster
to protect against fire
to guard against / to be vigilant / watch you don't (slip) / Taiwan pr. [ti2 fang2]
HSK 7-9
radiation protection
to protect against poisonous substances, narcotics or computer viruses
to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case / prepared for any eventualities
Defense Department / Ministry of National Defense
to prevent heatstroke and reduce temperature
defense / to defend
HSK 7-9
riot police / riot squad
to nip in the bud (idiom)
protective gloves
reasonable self-defense / legitimate defense
flood control / flood prevention
to nip in the bud
(idiom) virtually impossible to prevent
sunburn protection
fortification / defensive structure
guardedness; wariness; mental defenses
to prepare to meet the enemy head-on
to protect from wind / fangfeng (Saposhnikovia divaricata), its root used in TCM
prophylactic / preventative / protective
flood control / anti-flood (precautions)
HSK 7-9
to guard against / to beware of
rotproof / antiseptic / anti-corrosion
fire hydrant
to attack and defend (usu. in reference to opposing sides, but can be one party playing both roles)
(video games) to break through an opponent's defenses / (by extension) (slang) to get to sb / to make sb feel upset or moved
air force / air defense
antipinch (e.g. preventing catching fingers in automatic car windows)
defensive weapon
coastal defense
prophylactic inoculation
defensive art
breakwater / seawall / fig. defensive buffer zone
security door
HSK 7-9
to be caught off guard / without warning
anti-fraud / anti-cheating / preventing wrongdoing
riot shield
defensive (weapons)
to prevent rust; to resist rusting
to relieve a garrison / to change guard complement
antichemical rescue
defensive gate
to set up defenses / to fortify
safety goggles
border police
anti-virus software
collective protection
overcoat / down jacket / winter wear
bulletproof vest
(Tw) evacuation to an air-raid shelter
to reinforce defenses
frontier defense
preservative / antiseptic
to lay out a defense
to fight corruption and forestall moral degeneration

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