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HSK
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *持* | 持* | *持
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
to help / to assist
HSK 7-9
to seize (sb) by the arms / to hold under duress; to abduct
HSK 7-9
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 uphold / to hold fast to
to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk
(of an investor) to increase one's holdings
to manage / to handle
locked in a stalemate / to confront one another
reserved / aloof
(fig.) to sustain / to shore up
to control onself; to exercise self-restraint / self-sustaining
to hold under duress
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)
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
(of an investor) to reduce one's holdings
to accept and maintain faith (Buddhism)
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)
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
to be deadlocked
(Tw) hands-free (telephone function)
to clamp / tongs
to control / to dominate / to monopolize
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.
to hijack (a plane) / aircraft hijacking / skyjacking
the laws of the Buddhism


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