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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.hold; grasp
司机遭持枪抢劫。
The driver was robbed at gunpoint.
他手持鲜花。
He holds flowers in hands.
罪犯持枪顽抗。
The criminal resists with a gun at hand.
- 2
v.maintain
维持
maintain
保持
keep
支持
support
坚持
persist
- 3
v.manage; run
操持
manage
主持
take charge of
- 4
v.oppose
僵持
reach a stalemate
- 5
v.control
挟持
force someone under duress
Words and phrases with 持
- 持重[word]prudent
- 持钩[word]tenaculum
- 持证[word]hold a certificate; have some certified qualification
- 持尺员[word]tapeman
- 持水量[word]water-holding capacity
- 持家[word]keep house
- 持械抢劫[word]armed robbery
- 持针钳[word]needle forceps
- 持议[word]present an argument
- 持之以恒[idiom]persist
- 持橐簪笔[idiom]be an adviser
- 持平之论[idiom]fair argument
- 持重待机[idiom]be prudent and bide one's time
- 持盈保泰[idiom]hold on to and secure the present advantage
- 持之有故[idiom]have sufficient grounds for one's views