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


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