1 old variant of 留[liú]

1 to bless and protect

2 blessing

1 to keep

2 to maintain

3 to hold

4 to preserve

1 to stay warm

2 to protect against the cold

1 guarantee

2 to guarantee

3 to ensure

4 to safeguard

5 to pledge

6 classifier: 个 gè

1 guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense

1 (idiom) to safeguard (sth)

2 to protect (sth)

1 when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)

1 to do sth under oath (idiom)

1 lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me

2 Do not judge me too harshly.

3 Look favorably on my humble efforts.