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守旧

shǒu jiù

2-character word Traditional 守舊

What 守旧 means

1. conservative
2. reactionary

The characters in 守旧

• 守shǒuto guard; to defend; to keep watch
• 旧jiùold; opposite: new 新; former

Example sentences

• 我爸爸有点守旧。
  Wǒ bàba yǒudiǎn shǒujiù.
  My father is a bit old-fashioned.
• 世事变幻无常，人不能因循守旧、一成不变。
  Shìshì biànhuàn wúcháng, rén bù néng yīnxúnshǒujiù, yīchéngbùbiàn.
  Things change from time to time, and one should change with them.

Words starting with 守旧

• 守旧派shǒu jiù pàiperson who sticks to old ways; traditionalist; a conservative

Words containing 守旧

• 因循守旧yīn xún shǒu jiù(idiom) to continue in the same old rut; diehard conservative attitudes