保残守缺
Traditional form:
保殘守缺
Pinyin (reading):
bǎocánshǒuquē
Definitions:
- conservative
- to preserve the outmoded
Characters:
- 保 - to safeguard, to protect, to defend, to care for
- 残 - to injure, to ruin, to spoil; cruel, oppressive, savage; disabled, incomplete
- 守 - to defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to wait
- 缺 - to lack, to be short; vacancy, gap, deficit
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