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HSK
to continue / to persist / to last / sustainable / preservation
HSK 3
to persevere with / to persist in / to insist on
HSK 3
to be in favor of / to support / to back / support / backing / to stand by / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to take charge of / to manage or direct / to preside over / to uphold / to stand for (justice etc) / to host (a TV or radio program etc) / (TV) anchor
HSK 3
to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve
HSK 3
to keep; to maintain; to preserve
HSK 4
to hold (passport, views etc)
HSK 6
host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor / (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI); program director
HSK 6
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to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control
HSK 7-9
to kidnap / to hijack / to abduct / to hold under duress
HSK 7-9
lasting / enduring / persistent / permanent / protracted / endurance / persistence / to last long
HSK 7-9
to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere
HSK 7-9
to help / to assist
HSK 7-9
to seize (sb) by the arms / to hold under duress; to abduct
HSK 7-9
to hold shares
to uphold / to hold fast to
(idiom) to persevere unremittingly; to keep going until the end
to carry a gun
protracted (idiom) / long and drawn-out
to hold a portfolio of shares
to housekeep; to run one's household
reserved / aloof
to control / to dominate / to monopolize
(of an investor) to increase one's holdings
to manage / to handle
to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc) / fair / unbiased
to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk
locked in a stalemate / to confront one another
armed (robbery etc)
prudent; cautious / to be in charge of ritual ceremonies / to hold an important office
each sticks to his own opinion (idiom); chacun son gout
(fig.) to sustain / to shore up
old and wise / experienced and knowledgeable
to control onself; to exercise self-restraint / self-sustaining
at a stalemate / deadlocked / in unrelenting mutual opposition
to hold under duress
to stick to sth without change (idiom); to persevere
to refuse to concede / not to give in
(Buddhism) (from Sanskrit "adhiṣṭhāna") blessings / (fig.) empowerment; boost; support; backing / to give one's blessing; to empower / (Tw) to hold an additional (passport etc)
sustainable
to hold (expectations, hopes etc) / to maintain (an attitude etc) / to harbor (doubts etc) / to clinch (boxing)
to hold in one's hand; to grip
to clamp / tongs
(of an investor) to reduce one's holdings
to accept and maintain faith (Buddhism)
holder
supporter
to press on
sustainable development
hardworking and thrifty in running one's household
prolonged war / war of attrition
position (finance)
level of support
national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects); the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue
to affirm the original sentence (law)
support level / popularity rating
cardholder
maintenance costs
to maintain / to adhere to / to observe (an injunction etc)
(political) dissident
to exercise restraint
to preserve the original form
(Tw) (in a research project) co-principal investigator, or co-PI
to arrange / to manage / to attend to / to take care of / to look after (the cooking)
lit. to present the handle of a sword to another (idiom) / fig. to relinquish power to another; to place oneself at another's mercy
hijacker / kidnapper
to hold a knife / knife-wielding
Dhritarashtra (one of the Four Heavenly Kings)
to serve as a counselor (idiom)
soil conservation
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.
Vajradhara
variant of 倒持泰阿
to be deadlocked
(Tw) hands-free (telephone function)
(Tw) (in a research project) collaborator of the investigator(s)
indecisive (idiom)
(politically) dissenting / dissident
persistent agent
stakeholder
fair argument / unbiased view
side (in a formal debate)
armed robbery
to have in one's possession and use when required
persistent vegetative state
persistent vegetative state (medicine)
duration
to support terrorism / abbr. for 支持恐怖主義|支持恐怖主义
nuclear equipoise / nuclear stalemate
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.
to hijack (a plane) / aircraft hijacking / skyjacking
to subsist / to eke out a living / to keep body and soul together
the laws of the Buddhism


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