抱殘守缺
bào​cán​shǒu​quē

to be conservative

  • created sense approved 抱残守缺/抱殘守缺 · bào​cán​shǒu​quē · to be conservative — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    抱残守缺 / 抱殘守缺

    bào​cán​shǒu​quē

    to be conservative

    To cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn; to stick to outdated things or ideas instead of seeking improvement (often written incorrectly as [[抱残守阙|抱殘守闕|bao4 can2 shou3 que1]])

    抱 (literal) → 抱 · bào · to hold 残 (literal) → 残/殘 · cán · incomplete 守 (literal) → 守 · shǒu · to maintain 缺 (literal) → 缺 · quē · incomplete

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

    created sense