持
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Definitions
- 1. to grasp
- 2. to support
- 3. to maintain
- 4. to persevere
- 5. to manage
- 6. to run (i.e. administer)
- 7. to control
Words Containing 持
to take charge of
TV or radio presenter
to keep
to kidnap
to persevere with
to persevere unremittingly (idiom); to keep going until the end
to help
lasting
to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere
to continue
to seize
to be in favor of
to keep
to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist
to exercise restraint
to preserve the original form
to be deadlocked
hijacker
national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects); the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue
to accept and maintain faith (Buddhism)
sustainable
sustainable development
each sticks to his own opinion (idiom); chacun son gout
peer support
to press on
to stick to sth without change (idiom); to persevere
multilingual support
to clamp
to control
indecisive (idiom)
to maintain (an attitude etc)
(politically) dissenting
(political) dissident
persistent agent
prolonged war
position (finance)
knife-wielding
Dhritarashtra (one of the Four Heavenly Kings)
to maintain
to housekeep
to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc)
fair argument
side (in a formal debate)
armed (robbery etc)
to carry a gun
armed robbery
to serve as a counselor (idiom)
to have in one's possession and use when required
persistent vegetative state
persistent vegetative state (medicine)
duration
prudent; cautious
gherao (from Hindi, SE Asian method of protest)
(fig.) to sustain
to manage
degree of support
support level
supporter
to arrange
protracted (idiom)
nuclear equipoise
soil conservation
to refuse to concede
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
locked in a stalemate
at a stalemate
reserved
to hijack (a plane)
to affirm the original sentence (law)
to subsist
maintenance costs
experienced and knowledgeable
the laws of the Buddhism
Vajradhara