保持

to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve

Bulgaria / Bulgarian / abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4]

to defend; to protect; to keep / to guarantee; to ensure / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old)

to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control

soil conservation

to exercise restraint

to preserve the original form