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


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