抱残守缺 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 抱殘守缺 bàocánshǒuquē ㄅㄠˋ ㄘㄢˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄩㄝ to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom) conservative stickler for tradition Character by character 抱(bào)hold 残(cán)destroy 守(shǒu)guard 缺(quē)deficiency Other words read bàocánshǒuquē baocanshouque with other tones 保残守缺 A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0