太保 [－－]

Jyutping taai3 bou2
Pinyin tài bǎo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. Taibao or Taipao city in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
  2. a very high official in ancient China
  3. juvenile delinquents
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literary
    hooligan; hoodlum; juvenile delinquent
  2. noun, honorific, literary
    servant
    (syn.) 仆人, 底下人, 家人, 臣僕, 僕隸, 僕役, 苍头, 僕人, 仆隶, 奴僕, 奴仆, 奴役, 臣仆, 蒼頭, 仆役, 傭人, 使人, 佣人
  3. noun, historical
    chief court advisor
  4. noun, historical
    Grand Guardian (title for a very high official in imperial China)
  5. noun, literary
    temple attendant
  6. name
    Taibao (a city in Chiayi County, Taiwan)
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    思想不能太保守，守株待兔是不会有收获的。
    思想不能太保守，守株待兔是不會有收穫的。
    sī xiǎng bù néng tài bǎo shǒu ， shǒu zhū dài tù shì bù huì yǒu shōu huò de ．
    • Don't be too conservative. Sticking to old doctrines is futile.