like: verteidigen → →
verteidigen ☊ 
bảo vệ ☊ 
☊ sich verteidigen ☊ bảo vệ, phòng thủ ☊ ☊ verteidigen ☊ 防御 ☊ fángyù sich verteidigen ☊ 捍卫 ☊ hànwèi defend sth: How can you defend such behaviour? ☊ defend ☊
defend sb/yourself/sth from/against sb/sth: Politicians are skilled at defending themselves against their critics. ☊ defend ☊
defend sb/yourself/sth: Troops have been sent to defend the borders. ☊ defend ☊
defend sb/yourself/sth from/against sb/sth: All our officers are trained to defend themselves against knife attacks. ☊ defend ☊
defend against sb/sth: It is impossible to defend against an all-out attack. ☊ defend ☊
a holy war (= one fought to defend the beliefs of a particular religion) ☊ holy ☊
upholding the honour of your country ☊ honour ☊
It was my natural instinct to defend myself. ☊ natural ☊
to spring to sb's defence/assistance (= to quickly defend or help sb) ☊ spring ☊