维持

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HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 5 Verb Common

Definitions

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destruction

To damage or disrupt, e.g., 破坏秩序 (disrupt order).

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to defend

Safeguarding or upholding something like rights or equipment, e.g., 维护权利 (protect rights).

to prop up

Supporting or sustaining physically or financially, e.g., 支撑家庭 (support a family).

不要与“维护”混淆。“维持”侧重于使现状持续，如“维持秩序”；“维护”侧重于保护使不受损害，如“维护权益”。

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我们应该维持现状。

We should maintain the current situation.

警察迅速出动，维持秩序。

The police quickly dispatched to maintain order.

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to affirm the original sentence (law)

to subsist

maintenance costs

to grasp

to preserve