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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
- 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
- 持节[word]serve as a diplomatic envoy
- 持议[word]present an argument
- 持币抢购[word]holding money and rushing to buy
- 持久战[word]war of attrition
- 持刀[word]hold a knife
- 持续性[word]continuity
- 持股[word]hold shares
- 持弓[word]pulling the bow
- 持水量[word]water-holding capacity
- 持盈保泰[idiom]hold on to and secure the present advantage
- 持平之论[idiom]fair argument
- 持重待机[idiom]be prudent and bide one's time
- 持之有故[idiom]have sufficient grounds for one's views
- 持之以恒[idiom]persist
- 持橐簪笔[idiom]be an adviser