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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
Example Sentences
1 shown堅 持 。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 持
persistent vegetative state (medicine)
to continue
to subsist
to persevere unremittingly (idiom); to keep going until the end
fair argument
position (finance)
to manage
to help
to maintain
to kidnap
the laws of the Buddhism
to have in one's possession and use when required
reserved
peer support
degree of support
supporter
persistent vegetative state
sustainable development
to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere
to seize
Dhritarashtra (one of the Four Heavenly Kings)
(politically) dissenting
protracted (idiom)
to affirm the original sentence (law)
lasting
to take charge of
to arrange
support level
to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist
to serve as a counselor (idiom)
indecisive (idiom)
knife-wielding
to accept and maintain faith (Buddhism)
to stick to sth without change (idiom); to persevere
national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects); the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue
nuclear equipoise
locked in a stalemate
armed robbery
to housekeep
to keep
to hijack (a plane)
sustainable
TV or radio presenter
(political) dissident
to clamp
to keep
to persevere with
maintenance costs
to be in favor of
each sticks to his own opinion (idiom); chacun son gout
(fig.) to sustain
to refuse to concede
armed (robbery etc)
to press on
to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc)
side (in a formal debate)
soil conservation
to control
gherao (from Hindi, SE Asian method of protest)
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.
persistent agent
hijacker
to preserve the original form
multilingual support
duration
experienced and knowledgeable
Vajradhara
prolonged war
at a stalemate
prudent; cautious
to be deadlocked
to carry a gun
to maintain (an attitude etc)
to exercise restraint
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.