守旧 (守舊)
shǒu jiù
Pinyin

Definition

守旧 (守舊)
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shǒu jiù
  1. conservative
  2. reactionary

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

坚守
jiān shǒu
  1. 1 to hold fast to
  2. 2 to stick to
守
shǒu
  1. 1 to guard
  2. 2 to defend
  3. 3 to keep watch
  4. 4 to abide by the law
  5. 5 to observe (rules or ritual)
  6. 6 nearby
  7. 7 adjoining
守候
shǒu hòu
  1. 1 to wait for
  2. 2 to expect
  3. 3 to keep watch
  4. 4 to watch over
  5. 5 to nurse
守护
shǒu hù
  1. 1 to guard
  2. 2 to protect
遵守
zūn shǒu
  1. 1 to comply with
  2. 2 to abide by
  3. 3 to respect (an agreement)

Idioms (12)

因循守旧
yīn xún shǒu jiù
  1. 1 (idiom) to continue in the same old rut
  2. 2 diehard conservative attitudes
墨守成规
mò shǒu chéng guī
  1. 1 hidebound by convention (idiom)
守口如瓶
shǒu kǒu rú píng
  1. 1 lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
  2. 2 reticent
  3. 3 not breathing a word
守土有责
shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
  1. 1 duty to defend the country (idiom)
守望相助
shǒu wàng xiāng zhù
  1. 1 to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors
  2. 2 mutual help and protection

Sample Sentences

话是没错，可是我这个人吧，就是有那么点守旧的观念，一个大老爷们在家呆着算怎么回事儿啊，还是觉得女性把家整理得井井有条，把孩子养得白白胖胖比较可以接受。
huà shì méicuò ，kěshì wǒ zhè ge rén ba ，jiùshì yǒu nàme diǎnr shǒujiù de guānniàn ，yī gè dà lǎoyémen zài jiā dāizhe suàn zěnmehuíshìr ā ，háishì juéde nǚxìng bǎ jiā zhěnglǐ de jǐngjǐngyǒutiáo ，bǎ háizi yǎng de báibái pàngpàng bǐjiào kěyǐ jiēshòu 。
You're not wrong, but I'm a little bit more reactionary. How can a dude just sit at home and zone out? It's still more acceptable to me that a woman cleans up the house spick and span and raises the children to be round and chubby.
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可不是嘛，据调查，现在全国有七成的老字号都出现了经营困难的问题，而且基本上都是由于顽固守旧，不适应时代的要求，或是不注重法律保护，缺乏现代商标保护意识而引起的。
kě bùshì ma ，jù diàochá ，xiànzài quánguó yǒu qī chéng de lǎozìhào dōu chūxiàn le jīngyíng kùnnan de wèntí ，érqiě jīběn shang dōu shì yóuyú wángù shǒujiù ，bù shìyīng shídài de yāoqiú ，huòshì bù zhùzhòng fǎlǜ bǎohù ，quēfá xiàndài shāngbiāo bǎohù yìshì ér yǐnqǐ de 。
Ain't that the truth. According to a study, 70% of old, respected Chinese stores have had operational difficulties. And most were caused by conservatism, not adapting to modern needs, or to not paying attention to legal protection and lacking an awareness of modern brand protection.
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