守更
shǒu gēng
Pinyin
Definition
守更
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- to keep watch during the night
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to change or replace
- 2 to experience
- 3 one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
- 4 watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- 1 to replace the old with new
- 2 to renew
- 3 to renovate
- 4 to upgrade
- 5 to update
- 6 to regenerate
- 1 to hold fast to
- 2 to stick to
- 1 to guard
- 2 to defend
- 3 to keep watch
- 4 to abide by the law
- 5 to observe (rules or ritual)
- 6 nearby
- 7 adjoining
- 1 to wait for
- 2 to expect
- 3 to keep watch
- 4 to watch over
- 5 to nurse
Idioms (20)
因循守旧
- 1 (idiom) to continue in the same old rut
- 2 diehard conservative attitudes
墨守成规
- 1 hidebound by convention (idiom)
守口如瓶
- 1 lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
- 2 reticent
- 3 not breathing a word
守土有责
- 1 duty to defend the country (idiom)
守望相助
- 1 to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors
- 2 mutual help and protection