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Character Decomposition
保=亻+呆
Etymology
person
Meanings
Bulgaria
to defend; to protect; to keep
to guarantee; to ensure
(old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 bǎo jiǎ system
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Words with 保 370 total
security安保ān bǎoto post bail · bail交保jiāo bǎoto guarantee · to vouch for担保dān bǎopersonal guarantee · to sign as guarantor人保rén bǎojoint guarantee (finance, law)联保lián bǎohard to say · can't guarantee · difficult to protect · difficult to preserve难保nán bǎoto ensure; to guarantee确保què bǎoshop's guarantee铺保pù bǎoto lapse (or terminate) an insurance退保tuì bǎo(law) to get sb to bail one out (from jail)取保qǔ bǎoto guard each other相保xiāng bǎoTaibao or Taipao city in Chiayi County, west Taiwan太保Tài bǎoto ask for bail money讨保tǎo bǎo
Idioms with 保 16 total Chain
conservative · to preserve the outmoded保残守缺bǎo cán shǒu quēguard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense保家卫国bǎo jiā wèi guóat dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state · imminent crisis · living from hand to mouth朝不保夕zhāo bù bǎo xīgive up a pawn to save a chariot · sacrifice minor things to save major ones丢卒保车diū zú bǎo jū
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