1 to keep

2 to maintain

3 to hold

4 to preserve

1 to put

2 to place

3 to release

4 to free

5 to let go

6 to let out

7 to set off (fireworks)

1 to lay down

2 to put down

3 to let go of

4 to relinquish

5 to set aside

6 to lower (the blinds etc)

1 to have a holiday or vacation

1 to renounce

2 to abandon

3 to give up

1 to judge sb by appearances (idiom)

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

1 (idiom) to safeguard (sth)

2 to protect (sth)

1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)

2 to use this in place of that

3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts

1 each takes what he needs (idiom)