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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 continue / to persist / to last / sustainable / preservation
HSK 3
to keep; to maintain; to preserve
HSK 4
host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor / (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI); program director
HSK 6
to hold (passport, views etc)
HSK 6
(idiom) to persevere unremittingly; to keep going until the end
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 kidnap / to hijack / to abduct / to hold under duress
HSK 7-9
lasting / enduring / persistent / permanent / protracted / endurance / persistence / to last long
HSK 7-9
to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere
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 subsist / to eke out a living / to keep body and soul together
to hold shares
to carry a gun
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 housekeep; to run one's household
to hold (expectations, hopes etc) / to maintain (an attitude etc) / to harbor (doubts etc) / to clinch (boxing)
to uphold / to hold fast to
to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk
to hold a portfolio of shares
protracted (idiom) / long and drawn-out
(of an investor) to increase one's holdings
to manage / to handle
to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc) / fair / unbiased
(politically) dissenting / dissident
each sticks to his own opinion (idiom); chacun son gout
locked in a stalemate / to confront one another
armed (robbery etc)
reserved / aloof
prudent; cautious / to be in charge of ritual ceremonies / to hold an important office
(fig.) to sustain / to shore up
old and wise / experienced and knowledgeable
to control onself; to exercise self-restraint / self-sustaining
at a stalemate / deadlocked / in unrelenting mutual opposition
to hold under duress
to hold in one's hand; to grip
to stick to sth without change (idiom); to persevere
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)
(orthodontics) retainer
sustainable
(of an investor) to reduce one's holdings
to accept and maintain faith (Buddhism)
holder
supporter
hardworking and thrifty in running one's household
prolonged war / war of attrition
sustainable development
position (finance)
level of support
national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects); the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue
to affirm the original sentence (law)
support level / popularity rating
duration
cardholder
maintenance costs
to maintain / to adhere to / to observe (an injunction etc)
(political) dissident
to exercise restraint
to preserve the original form
(Tw) (in a research project) co-principal investigator, or co-PI
to arrange / to manage / to attend to / to take care of / to look after (the cooking)
to hold a knife / knife-wielding
Dhritarashtra (one of the Four Heavenly Kings)
to serve as a counselor (idiom)
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
variant of 倒持泰阿
lit. to present the handle of a sword to another (idiom) / fig. to relinquish power to another; to place oneself at another's mercy
to be deadlocked
(Tw) hands-free (telephone function)
hijacker / kidnapper
(Tw) (in a research project) collaborator of the investigator(s)
to press on
to clamp / tongs
to control / to dominate / to monopolize
indecisive (idiom)
persistent agent
stakeholder
fair argument / unbiased view
side (in a formal debate)
armed robbery
to have in one's possession and use when required
persistent vegetative state
persistent vegetative state (medicine)
to support terrorism / abbr. for 支持恐怖主義|支持恐怖主义
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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