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2834654 jmdict A [id=1973584]
株を守る
くいをまもる;くいぜをまもる
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[note="from a fable appearing in the Han Feizi"]
to hold fast to one's ways; to be overly conservative; to not get with the times;
[lit] to guard the tree stub