gù​shǒu

to defend tenaciously

  • created sense approved 固守 · gù​shǒu · to defend tenaciously — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    固守

    gù​shǒu

    to defend tenaciously

    To strongly defend a position or post; to be firmly entrenched in a location or duty.

    固 (literal) → 固 · gù · firmly 守 (literal) → 守 · shǒu · to guard

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 固守 · gù​shǒu · to cling to — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    固守

    gù​shǒu

    to cling to

    To stubbornly cling to or persist in something, such as an old habit, convention, or belief; often used in a negative sense to imply being stuck in one's ways.

    固 (literal) → 固 · gù · firmly 守 (literal) → 守 · shǒu · to maintain

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

    created sense