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    cling to the past; be conservative; cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn; be a stick-in-the-mud
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    bào cán shǒu quē

    抱残守缺

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    • slcling to the past; be conservative; cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn; be a stick-in-the-mud

      • zhèng fǔ réng zài bào cán shǒu quē

        政府仍在抱残守缺。

        The Government were sticking to stale ideas.

      synonym
      yīn xún shǒu jiù因循守旧gù bù zì fēng固步自封mò shǒu chéng guī墨守成规gù bù zì fēng故步自封shí gǔ bù huà食古不化mò shǒu chén guī墨守陈规chén chén xiāng yīn陈陈相因bào cán shǒu quē抱残守阙yīn xí jiù tào因袭旧套yīn xún yán xí因循沿袭fēng jǐ shǒu cán封己守残bào lìng shǒu lǜ抱令守律
      antonym
      tuī chén chū xīn推陈出新biāo xīn lì yì标新立异gǎi xián gēng zhāng改弦更张pò jiù lì xīn破旧立新chú jiù bù xīn除旧布新gé gù dǐng xīn革故鼎新

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      "抱残守缺" cannot be written as "抱残守阙".

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