1 to resist

2 to obstruct

3 to hinder

4 to keep off

5 to block (a blow)

6 to get in the way of

7 cover

8 gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)

1 see also: 势不可当 shì bù kě dāng

1 to resist

2 to hold back

3 to stop

4 to ward off

5 to withstand

1 to obstruct

1 to protect from the rain

1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action

2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation

1 glittering jewels to delight the eye (idiom)

2 fig. a dazzling lineup