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resident in / stationed in / located at / to station (troops)
驻 (zhù)
Definition:
1. To stay in one place.
2. Troops or external staff live at the place where they perform their duties; an agency dispatched by a department or unit is located in a certain place.
Meanings:
1. To stay in one place: 兵驻足 (troops halt); 驻颜 (to stay youthful).
2. Troops or external staff living where they perform duties; an agency sent by a department/unit to a certain location: 驻扎 (be stationed); 驻守 (stay in place); 驻防 (station for defense); 驻外使节 (ambassadors stationed abroad).
Original meaning:
馬立止 (horse halts)
Variations:
1. Same as the original meaning (horse halts).
2. In ancient times, it specifically referred to a carriage stopping or standing still.
3. To stay; to halt.
4. To be stationed.
5. To remain; to reside; to stay.
6. To ask someone to stay; to keep someone where they are.
Examples:
1. As seen in: 驻马 (to stop a horse), 驻鞍 (to halt a saddle), 驻勒 (to stop rein).
2. In ancient times, specifically referred to a carriage stopping: 驻驾庑 (carriage shed); 驻盖 (to stop a carriage).
3. To halt or stay: 行人驻足听 (the passerby stops to listen).
4. Troops stationed: 进驻 (troops advance and settle), 驻泊 (to temporarily dock a ship).
5. To stay in a place: 驻使 (ambassadors stationed abroad), 驻锡 (monks residing in temples).
6. To maintain presence: 驻春 (to hold onto spring), 驻颜 (to preserve one's appearance).