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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 persevere with / to persist in / to insist on
HSK 3
to continue / to persist / to last / sustainable / preservation
HSK 3
to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve
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 keep; to maintain; to preserve
HSK 4
(idiom) to persevere unremittingly; to keep going until the end
HSK 7-9
sustainable
(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
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
prolonged war / war of attrition
to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc) / fair / unbiased
sustainable development
to control / to dominate / to monopolize
supporter
locked in a stalemate / to confront one another
to stick to sth without change (idiom); to persevere
lasting / enduring / persistent / permanent / protracted / endurance / persistence / to last long
HSK 7-9
to be deadlocked
to hold shares
to uphold / to hold fast to
support level / popularity rating
duration
(of an investor) to reduce one's holdings
to seize (sb) by the arms / to hold under duress; to abduct
HSK 7-9
holder
to press on
(of an investor) to increase one's holdings
(orthodontics) retainer
hijacker / kidnapper
to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere
HSK 7-9
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
(political) dissident
to hold a portfolio of shares
armed (robbery etc)
to hijack (a plane) / aircraft hijacking / skyjacking
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)
hardworking and thrifty in running one's household
(politically) dissenting / dissident
to subsist / to eke out a living / to keep body and soul together
(Tw) (in a research project) collaborator of the investigator(s)
to accept and maintain faith (Buddhism)
to carry a gun
cardholder
to hold under duress
to housekeep; to run one's household
soil conservation
indecisive (idiom)
each sticks to his own opinion (idiom); chacun son gout
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
protracted (idiom) / long and drawn-out
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.
(Tw) hands-free (telephone function)
position (finance)
side (in a formal debate)
nuclear equipoise / nuclear stalemate
to affirm the original sentence (law)
level of support
the laws of the Buddhism
persistent vegetative state (medicine)
to clamp / tongs
Dhritarashtra (one of the Four Heavenly Kings)
lit. to present the handle of a sword to another (idiom) / fig. to relinquish power to another; to place oneself at another's mercy
prudent; cautious / to be in charge of ritual ceremonies / to hold an important office
Vajradhara
(fig.) to sustain / to shore up
stakeholder
armed robbery
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 vegetative state
maintenance costs
national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects); the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue
to refuse to concede / not to give in
to arrange / to manage / to attend to / to take care of / to look after (the cooking)
fair argument / unbiased view
to serve as a counselor (idiom)
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 hold a knife / knife-wielding
persistent agent
variant of 倒持泰阿


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