保 护 bǎo hù to protect / to defend / to safeguard / protection / CL:種|种[zhong3] 维 护 wéi hù to defend / to safeguard / to protect / to uphold / to maintain 防 御 fáng yù defense / to defend 防 守 fáng shǒu to defend / to protect (against) 保 卫 bǎo wèi to defend / to safeguard 辩 解 biàn jiě to explain / to justify / to defend (a point of view etc) / to provide an explanation / to try to defend oneself 辩 护 biàn hù to speak in defense of / to argue in favor of / to defend / to plead 捍 卫 hàn wèi to defend / to uphold / to safeguard 防 护 fáng hù to defend / to protect 维 权 wéi quán to defend (legal) rights 守 卫 shǒu wèi to guard / to defend 防 卫 fáng wèi to defend / defensive / defense 守 住 shǒu zhu to hold on to / to defend / to keep / to guard 镇 守 zhèn shǒu (of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend / (fig.) to stand guard / to protect 保 to defend / to protect / to keep / to guarantee / to ensure / (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3jia3] system 守 御 shǒu yù to defend 防 to protect / to defend / to guard against / to prevent 卫 to guard / to protect / to defend / abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene / health / abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet 守 to guard / to defend / to keep watch / to abide by the law / to observe (rules or ritual) / nearby / adjoining 御 (bound form) to defend / to resist 捍 to ward off (a blow) / to withstand / to defend 屯 戍 tún shù to garrison / to defend (a frontier) / soldier garrisoned at a frontier 衞 variant of 衛|卫[wei4] / to guard / to defend 洗 地 xǐ dì to clean the floor / (Internet slang) (lit.) to wash (the blood) off the floor / (fig.) to cover up evidence of sb's wrongdoing / to defend (a wrongdoer) / (coll.) to carpet-bomb 
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