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保存

bǎo cún

HSK 3 · word 1261 of 3,000

Meaning

• to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to store; (computing) to save (a file etc)

Example sentence

Characters in 保存

• 保 bǎo to defend; to protect; to keep
• 存 cún to exist

保 to keep plus 存, to exist or store. Keeping in existence, hence to preserve — and it is the word for saving a file.

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