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- to live
- to dwell
- to stay
- to reside
- to stop
- (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
- long-term resident
- permanent residence
- eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit Sassatavada)
- (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc)
- repeatedly; continuously; constantly
Trad. 壓住
- to press down
- to crush down
- to restrain (anger)
- to keep down (voice)
- to fascinate
- to strongly attract
- to obsess
- to infatuate
- to captivate
- to enchant
- to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc)
Trad. 常住論
- eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit śāśvata-vāda)
Trad. 住宅樓
- residential building
- CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]
Trad. 對不住
- to let sb down
- to be unfair
- I'm sorry
- pardon me (formal)
- (coll.) unable to withstand
- cannot bear
- can't stand it
- no match for
- PRC Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) (abbr. for 住房和城鄉建設部|住房和城乡建设部[Zhu4 fang2 he2 Cheng2 Xiang1 Jian4 she4 bu4])
Trad. 住海邊
- (fig.) (slang) to stick one's nose in other people's affairs (i.e. the scope of other people's business that one concerns oneself with is as wide as an ocean vista)
- to be unable to repress sth
- to be unable to contain oneself
- cannot maintain (sth)
- unable to keep
- more likely than not
- may well
Trad. 繃不住
- (Internet slang) can't contain oneself
- unable to bear
- can't help (doing sth)
Trad. 監視居住
- (PRC law) residential surveillance
- to order sb to stay at their home, or a designated location, under surveillance
Trad. 沉不住氣
- to lose one's cool
- to get impatient
- unable to remain calm
Trad. 沉得住氣
- to stay calm
- to keep one's composure
- lit. clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom)
- fig. people's basic needs
Trad. 紙包不住火
- the truth will come out eventually; a secret can't be kept forever
Trad. 管住嘴邁開腿
- lit. shut your mouth, move your legs (motto for losing weight)
Trad. 水淺養不住大魚
- lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom)
- fig. ambitious, talented people cannot reach their full potential in a small organization
Trad. 住房和城鄉建設部
- PRC Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) (abbr. to 住建部[Zhu4 jian4 bu4])
Trad. 捨不得孩子套不住狼
- one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb)
- (fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things