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

1 to guard

2 to protect

1 to rock

2 to sway

3 to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water)

4 to flutter (e.g. of a flag)

5 to trick sb into doing sth

6 to dupe

7 to con

1 to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy

1 (idiom) to continue in the same old rut

2 diehard conservative attitudes

1 hidebound by convention (idiom)

1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)

2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape

3 you can't run from the long arm of the law

1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)

2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape

3 you can't run from the long arm of the law