保持 bǎo chí to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve syn 保密 bǎo mì to keep sth confidential / to maintain secrecy syn 维持 維持 wéi chí to keep / to maintain / to preserve syn 严肃 嚴肅 yán sù (of an atmosphere etc) solemn / grave / serious / (of a manner etc) earnest / severe / exacting / to strictly enforce syn 维护 維護 wéi hù to defend / to safeguard / to protect / to uphold / to maintain syn 认定 認定 rèn dìng to maintain (that sth is true) / to determine (a fact) / determination (of an amount) / of the firm opinion / to believe firmly / to set one's mind on / to identify with syn 持 chí to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control syn 维修 維修 wéi xiū maintenance (of equipment) / to protect and maintain 保全 bǎo quán to save from damage / to preserve / to maintain / to keep in good repair / (Tw) security guard syn 保健 bǎo jiàn health protection / health care / to maintain in good health syn 保养 保養 bǎo yǎng to take good care of (or conserve) one's health / to keep in good repair / to maintain / maintenance syn 维系 維繫 wéi xì to maintain / to keep up / to hold together syn 严禁 嚴禁 yán jìn to strictly prohibit 一丝不苟 一絲不苟 yī sī bù gǒu not one thread loose (idiom) / strictly according to the rules / meticulous / not one hair out of place syn 严加 嚴加 yán jiā sternly / strictly / harshly / stringently / rigorously syn 赡养 贍養 shàn yǎng to support / to provide support for / to maintain syn 独立自主 獨立自主 dú lì zì zhǔ independent and autonomous (idiom) / self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs syn 纠察 糾察 jiū chá to maintain order / steward (policing a meeting) 养护 養護 yǎng hù to maintain / to conserve / curing (concrete etc) syn 养生 養生 yǎng shēng to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc) syn 严查 嚴查 yán chá to investigate strictly syn 铁面无私 鐵面無私 tiě miàn wú sī strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom) syn 退守 tuì shǒu to retreat and defend / to withdraw and maintain one's guard 养颜 養顏 yǎng yán to nourish one's skin / to maintain a youthful appearance 保不住 bǎo bu zhù cannot maintain (sth) / unable to keep / more likely than not / may well 受持 shòu chí to accept and maintain faith (Buddhism) 严格按照 嚴格按照 yán gé àn zhào strictly according to 维 維 wéi to preserve / to maintain / to hold together / dimension / vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4]) 撑 撐 chēng to support / to prop up / to push or move with a pole / to maintain / to open or unfurl / to fill to bursting point / brace / stay / support syn 公事公办 公事公辦 gōng shì gōng bàn to do things in a strictly businesslike manner (idiom) syn 秉 bǐng to grasp / to hold / to maintain syn 执法如山 執法如山 zhí fǎ rú shān to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom) / to enforce the law strictly syn 姨婆 yí pó (strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother / (more broadly) grandaunt / sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father / (Tw) (old) husband's maternal aunt syn 力保 lì bǎo to seek to protect / to ensure / to maintain / to guard syn 守正不阿 shǒu zhèng bù ē to be strictly just and impartial 凛遵 凜遵 lǐn zūn to strictly abide by 严格来说 嚴格來說 yán gé lái shuō strictly speaking 严格来讲 嚴格來講 yán gé lái jiǎng strictly speaking 戒行 jiè xíng (Buddhism) to adhere strictly to the ethical precepts / asceticism 谨守 謹守 jǐn shǒu to adhere strictly (to the rules) 未可厚非 wèi kě hòu fēi not to be censured too strictly (idiom) / not altogether inexcusable / understandable syn 萧规曹随 蕭規曹隨 xiāo guī cáo suí lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何[Xiao1 He2] governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参[Cao2 Can1] (idiom) / fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor / to follow precedent syn 严控 嚴控 yán kòng to strictly control (abbr. for 嚴格控制|严格控制[yan2 ge2 kong4 zhi4]) 摆摊子 擺攤子 bǎi tān zi to set up a stall / (fig.) to maintain a large staff and organization syn 持守 chí shǒu to maintain / to adhere to / to observe (an injunction etc) 答数 答數 dá shù numerical answer (to a question in math.) / (Tw) (of troops) to shout numbers or phrases in unison (to keep in step or maintain morale) syn 车奴 車奴 chē nú car slave, sb forced to sacrifice quality of life to buy or maintain a car 养地 養地 yǎng dì to maintain the land (with rotation of crops or fertilizer) 取得并保持 取得並保持 attain and maintain 保八 bǎo bā to maintain an 8% annual growth rate of the GDP (PRC policy) 抱持 bào chí to hold (expectations, hopes etc) / to maintain (an attitude etc) / to harbor (doubts etc) / to clinch (boxing) 维稳 維穩 wéi wěn to maintain social stability 有则改之，无则加勉 有則改之，無則加勉 yǒu zé gǎi zhī , wú zé jiā miǎn correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom) 冻龄 凍齡 dòng líng to maintain a youthful appearance 偶像包袱 ǒu xiàng bāo fu burden of having to maintain one's image as a pop idol 驻颜 駐顏 zhù yán to maintain a youthful appearance 