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HSK
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
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 help / to assist
HSK 7-9
to seize (sb) by the arms / to hold under duress; to abduct
HSK 7-9
to kidnap / to hijack / to abduct / to hold under duress
HSK 7-9
to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk
to be deadlocked
to uphold / to hold fast to
soil conservation
to hold (expectations, hopes etc) / to maintain (an attitude etc) / to harbor (doubts etc) / to clinch (boxing)
nuclear equipoise / nuclear stalemate
(fig.) to sustain / to shore up
to arrange / to manage / to attend to / to take care of / to look after (the cooking)
to control / to dominate / to monopolize
to hold under duress
reserved / aloof
to control onself; to exercise self-restraint / self-sustaining
to refuse to concede / not to give in
locked in a stalemate / to confront one another
to manage / to handle
(of an investor) to reduce one's holdings
(of an investor) to increase one's holdings
to hold in one's hand; to grip
to clamp / tongs
to accept and maintain faith (Buddhism)
(Tw) hands-free (telephone function)
Vajradhara
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.
(Buddhism) (from Sanskrit "adhiṣṭhāna") blessings / (fig.) empowerment; boost; support; backing / to give one's blessing; to empower / (Tw) to hold an additional (passport etc)
national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects); the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue
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
the laws of the Buddhism


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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