卫道之士
wèi​dào​zhī​shì

apologist

  • created reference approved 卫道之士/衛道之士 → 卫道者/衛道者 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卫道之士 / 衛道之士 wèi​dào​zhī​shì

    卫道者 / 衛道者 wèi​dào​zhě

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  • created reference approved 卫道之士/衛道之士 → 卫道士/衛道士 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卫道之士 / 衛道之士 wèi​dào​zhī​shì

    卫道士 / 衛道士 wèi​dào​shì

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  • created sense approved 卫道之士/衛道之士 · wèi​dào​zhī​shì · apologist — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卫道之士 / 衛道之士

    wèi​dào​zhī​shì

    apologist

    someone who defends traditional teachings, religious doctrines, or a specific ideology; a person who guards the status quo or conventional morality

    卫道 (literal) → 卫道/衛道 · wèi​dào · to defend traditional values 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 士 (literal) → 士 · shì · person

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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