操守
cāo shǒu
Pinyin

Definition

操守
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cāo shǒu
  1. personal integrity

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

坚守
jiān shǒu
  1. 1 to hold fast to
  2. 2 to stick to
守
shǒu
  1. 1 to guard
  2. 2 to defend
  3. 3 to keep watch
  4. 4 to abide by the law
  5. 5 to observe (rules or ritual)
  6. 6 nearby
  7. 7 adjoining
守候
shǒu hòu
  1. 1 to wait for
  2. 2 to expect
  3. 3 to keep watch
  4. 4 to watch over
  5. 5 to nurse
守护
shǒu hù
  1. 1 to guard
  2. 2 to protect
操
cāo
  1. 1 old variant of 操[cāo]
操作
cāo zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 to operate
  3. 3 to manipulate
曹操
Cáo Cāo
  1. 1 Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕
  2. 2 the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
保健操
bǎo jiàn cāo
  1. 1 health exercises
保守
bǎo shǒu
  1. 1 conservative
  2. 2 to guard
  3. 3 to keep
信守
xìn shǒu
  1. 1 to abide by
  2. 2 to keep (promises etc)
固守
gù shǒu
  1. 1 to strongly defend one's position
  2. 2 to be entrenched
  3. 3 to cling to
守住
shǒu zhu
  1. 1 to hold on to
  2. 2 to defend
  3. 3 to keep
  4. 4 to guard
守信
shǒu xìn
  1. 1 to keep promises
守则
shǒu zé
  1. 1 rules
  2. 2 regulations
守夜
shǒu yè
  1. 1 to be on all-night duty
  2. 2 to be on night watch
  3. 3 to keep a vigil
守时
shǒu shí
  1. 1 punctual
守望
shǒu wàng
  1. 1 to keep watch
  2. 2 on guard
守株待兔
shǒu zhū dài tù
  1. 1 lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
  2. 2 to wait idly for opportunities
  3. 3 to trust to chance rather than show initiative
守岁
shǒu suì
  1. 1 to see in the New Year
  2. 2 to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve
守卫
shǒu wèi
  1. 1 to guard
  2. 2 to defend

Idioms (17)

同室操戈
tóng shì cāo gē
  1. 1 wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife
因循守旧
yīn xún shǒu jiù
  1. 1 (idiom) to continue in the same old rut
  2. 2 diehard conservative attitudes
墨守成规
mò shǒu chéng guī
  1. 1 hidebound by convention (idiom)
守口如瓶
shǒu kǒu rú píng
  1. 1 lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
  2. 2 reticent
  3. 3 not breathing a word
守土有责
shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
  1. 1 duty to defend the country (idiom)
守望相助
shǒu wàng xiāng zhù
  1. 1 to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors
  2. 2 mutual help and protection
守株待兔
shǒu zhū dài tù
  1. 1 lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
  2. 2 to wait idly for opportunities
  3. 3 to trust to chance rather than show initiative
守株待兔，缘木求鱼
shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú
  1. 1 to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
安分守己
ān fèn shǒu jǐ
  1. 1 to be content with one's lot (idiom)
  2. 2 to know one's place
抱残守缺
bào cán shǒu quē
  1. 1 to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative
  2. 2 stickler for tradition
操之过急
cāo zhī guò jí
  1. 1 to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient
  2. 2 overhasty
有为有守
yǒu wéi yǒu shǒu
  1. 1 able to act while maintaining one's integrity (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 有守有為|有守有为[yǒu shǒu yǒu wéi]
熬更守夜
áo gēng shǒu yè
  1. 1 to stay up through the night (idiom)
率尔操觚
shuài ěr cāo gū
  1. 1 to compose in off-hand way (idiom); to dash off
稳操胜券
wěn cāo shèng quàn
  1. 1 grasp it and victory is assured
  2. 2 to have success within one's grasp (idiom)
重操旧业
chóng cāo jiù yè
  1. 1 to resume one's old trade (idiom)
魂不守舍
hún bù shǒu shè
  1. 1 to be preoccupied (idiom)
  2. 2 to be inattentive
  3. 3 to be frightened out of one's mind

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