保护 (保護)
bǎo hù
Pinyin

Definition

保护 (保護)
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bǎo hù
  1. to protect
  2. to defend
  3. to safeguard
  4. protection
  5. CL:種|种[zhǒng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

保佑
bǎo yòu
  1. 1 to bless and protect
  2. 2 blessing
保持
bǎo chí
  1. 1 to keep
  2. 2 to maintain
  3. 3 to hold
  4. 4 to preserve
保暖
bǎo nuǎn
  1. 1 to stay warm
  2. 2 to protect against the cold
保证
bǎo zhèng
  1. 1 guarantee
  2. 2 to guarantee
  3. 3 to ensure
  4. 4 to safeguard
  5. 5 to pledge
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
保护
bǎo hù
  1. 1 to protect
  2. 2 to defend
  3. 3 to safeguard
  4. 4 protection
  5. 5 classifier: 种 zhǒng

Idioms (6)

保家卫国
bǎo jiā wèi guó
  1. 1 guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
保驾护航
bǎo jià hù háng
  1. 1 (idiom) to safeguard (sth)
  2. 2 to protect (sth)
已作出保
yǐ zuò chū bǎo
  1. 1 to do sth under oath (idiom)
明哲保身
míng zhé bǎo shēn
  1. 1 a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom)
  2. 2 to put one's own safety before matters of principle
朝不保夕
zhāo bù bǎo xī
  1. 1 at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state
  2. 2 imminent crisis
  3. 3 living from hand to mouth

Sample Sentences

枯叶蝶伪装成叶子、变色龙改变自己的颜色都是为了躲避天敌、保护自己。
kūyèdié wěizhuāng chéng yèzi 、biànsèlóng gǎibiàn zìjǐ de yánsè dōu shì wèile duǒbì tiāndí 、bǎohù zìjǐ 。
Orange Oakleaves mask as leaves and chameleons change their skin color in order to avoid predators and to protect themselves.
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而这一类被用来融入环境，避开捕食者视线的颜色就称为保护色。
ér zhè yī lèi bèi yònglái róngrù huánjìng ，bìkāi bǔshízhě shìxiàn de yánsè jiù chēngwéi bǎohùsè 。
And these types of skin colors that are used to blend into the environment or to avoid predators are called a camouflage. 
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比如沙漠里的动物—狮子、鸟、蜥蜴、蜘蛛、青蛙等等—大多数都有微黄的“沙漠色”作为它们的保护色；深海生物则因为红光不易穿透到深海，所以这里的鱼大多是红色的；而雪地上的动物—比如北极熊、北极兔—则会披上一层白色，让它们能安稳地藏在雪白世界中。
bǐrú shāmò lǐ de dòngwù —shīzi 、niǎo 、xīyì 、zhīzhū 、qīngwā děngděng —dàduōshù dōu yǒu wēi huáng de “shāmò sè ”zuòwéi tāmen de bǎohùsè ；shēnhǎi shēngwù zé yīnwèi hóng guāng bùyì chuāntòu dào shēnhǎi ，suǒyǐ zhèlǐ de yú dàduō shì hóngsè de ；ér xuě dì shàng de dòngwù —bǐrú běijíxióng 、běijí tù —zé huì pī shàng yī céng báisè ，ràng tāmen néng ānwěn de cáng zài xuěbái shìjiè zhōng 。
For example, in the desert, lions, birds, lizards, spiders, frogs and so on all have a light yellow “desert color” as their camouflage. Creatures in the deep ocean are often red because light cannot be easily shunned through in the deep sea. Lastly, animals that live in the snow, such as Polar Bears and Arctic Rabbits, will have a coat of white so that they can hide peacefully in the snowfield.
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绿色能源的利用保护了绿水青山、改善了生产生活环境，也为农村旅游产业兴起踏出新路子。
lǜsè néngyuán de lìyòng bǎohù le lǜshuǐ qīngshān 、gǎishàn le shēngchǎn shēnghuó huánjìng ，yě wèi nóngcūn lǚyóu chǎnyè xīngqǐ tà chū Xīn lùzi 。
The use of green energy has protected the green mountains and hills, improved the production and living environment, and also set a new path for the development of rural tourism industry.
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农村要在尊重自然、顺应自然、保护自然的基础上，以绿色发展引领振兴。”浙江省庆元县委书记蓝伶俐说。
nóngcūn yào zài zūnzhòng zìrán 、shùnyìng zìrán 、bǎohù zìrán de jīchǔ shàng ，yǐ lǜsè fāzhǎn yǐnlǐng zhènxīng 。”ZhèjiāngShěng Qìngyuán xiànwěishūjì lánlínglì shuō 。
Zhejiang Qingyuan County Party Secretary Lan Yu said that revitalisation hrough green development can be led by the countryside. In so doing, to respect nature, adapt to nature and to protect nature.
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也是，如今社会发展快，诱惑也越来越多，男人出轨的成本也太低了，连婚姻法都几乎都是保护男方权益的。所以他们对于离婚毫无畏惧。
yě shì ，rújīn shèhuì fāzhǎn kuài ，yòuhuò yě yuèláiyuèduō ，nánrén chūguǐ de chéngběn yě tài dī le ，lián hūnyīn fǎ dōu jīhū dōu shì bǎohù nán fāng quányì de 。suǒyǐ tāmen duìyú líhūn háowú wèiju 。
I guess that's true. Now as society is developing so fast, there are also more and more temptations and the costs for men cheating really are so low. Even the marriage law is more geared towards protecting the rights of men. So they have no fear of divorce at all.
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别担心了，我刚看了气象台的报告，说今年的雾霾天气预计比往年要少很多，市政府为了改善人居环境，在环境保护上还是做了不少工作的。
bié dānxīn le ，wǒ gāng kàn le qìxiàngtái de bàogào ，shuō jīnnián de wùmái tiānqì yùjì bǐ wǎngnián yào shǎo hěn duō ，shìzhèngfǔ wèile gǎishàn rénjūhuánjìng ，zài huánjìng bǎohù shàng háishì zuò le bùshǎo gōngzuò de 。
Don't worry, I just saw a report on the weather channel which said that there will be a lot less smoggy weather this year. To improve quality of life, the city government has done quite a lot of environmental protection work.
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确实，80后独生子女，上有四位长辈，还有车贷房贷，如果再来俩孩子，真太不容易了！国家应该赶紧开个会出个政策保护80后。
quèshí ，bālíng hòu dúshēngzǐnǚ ，shàng yǒu sì wèi zhǎngbèi ，háiyǒu chēdài fángdài ，rúguǒ zài lái liǎ háizi ，zhēn tài bù róngyì le ！guójiā yīnggāi gǎnjǐn kāi gè huì chū gè zhèngcè bǎohù bālíng hòu 。
Indeed, the only children born in the 1980s have both parents and grandparents to look after, as well as car loans and mortgages, if you add a couple of kids to that, it's really difficult to handle! The country should hurry up and hold a meeting to come up with a policy to protect people born in the 1980s.
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啧啧啧，刚刚在外面看到广告，说保护视力要从六岁开始，太夸张了吧。
zé zé zé ，gānggang zài wàimiàn kàndào guǎnggào ，shuō bǎohù shìlì yào cóng liù suì kāishǐ ，tài kuāzhāng le ba 。
Hey, I just saw an advertisement outside, stating to protect one’s eyesight from the age of six. This is an exaggeration.
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在保护自己、打坏人的时候，要打蛇打七寸，要不然很危险的。
zài bǎohù zìjǐ 、dǎ huàirén de shíhou ，yào dǎshédǎqīcùn ，yàobùrán hěn wēixiǎn de 。
When you attack the bad guy to protect yourself, you need to hit where it hurts. Or it would be dangerous.
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