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 to protect

2 to defend

3 to safeguard

4 protection

5 classifier: 种 zhǒng

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

1 (idiom) to safeguard (sth)

2 to protect (sth)

1 to do sth under oath (idiom)

1 a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom)

2 to put one's own safety before matters of principle

1 at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state

2 imminent crisis

3 living from hand to mouth