1 surname Mu

1 conservative

2 to guard

3 to keep

1 to abide by

2 to keep (promises etc)

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 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)

2 fig. one is helpless alone

1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence

1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)

2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine

3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine

1 resolute and taciturn (idiom)

1 It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.