保障 bǎozhàng to ensure
to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard
How to remember 保障: 保 to protect + 障 to separate = to ensure.
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How it is used
- To ensure/safeguard, and a safeguard - 保障权益 (bǎozhàng quányì) to protect rights, 社会保障 social security.
- 保障 = to guarantee/secure (rights, safety, supply) as an ongoing protection; contrast 保证 (bǎozhèng, to promise/pledge).
- 保障 provides an underlying safety net; 生活保障 a livelihood safety net.
- 提供保障 (tígōng bǎozhàng) = to provide a guarantee/protection.
Example sentences
- 德国在1880年代采取了一种社会保障制度。 Déguó zài 1880niándài cǎiqǔ le yīzhǒng shèhuìbǎozhàng zhìdù.Germany adopted a social security system in the 1880's.
- 平等是由宪法保障的。 Píngděng shì yóu xiànfǎ bǎozhàng de.Equality is guaranteed by the Constitution.