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- to hold
- to grasp
- to support
- to maintain
- to persevere
- to manage
- to run (i.e. administer)
- to control
- (Buddhism) (from Sanskrit "adhiṣṭhāna") blessings
- (fig.) empowerment; boost; support; backing
- to give one's blessing; to empower
- (Tw) to hold an additional (passport etc)
- lasting
- enduring
- persistent
- permanent
- protracted
- endurance
- persistence
- to last long
- to hold (expectations, hopes etc)
- to maintain (an attitude etc)
- to harbor (doubts etc)
- to clinch (boxing)
- prudent; cautious
- to be in charge of ritual ceremonies
- to hold an important office
- 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
- to arrange
- to manage
- to attend to
- to take care of
- to look after (the cooking)
- host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor
- (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI); program director
Trad. 曠日持久
- protracted (idiom)
- long and drawn-out
Trad. 各持己見
- each sticks to his own opinion (idiom); chacun son gout
Trad. 持之以恆
- to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere
Trad. 勤儉持家
- hardworking and thrifty in running one's household
- to hijack (a plane)
- aircraft hijacking
- skyjacking
- national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects); the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue
- lit. to present the handle of a sword to another (idiom)
- fig. to relinquish power to another; to place oneself at another's mercy
Trad. 維持原判
- to affirm the original sentence (law)
Trad. 維持生活
- to subsist
- to eke out a living
- to keep body and soul together
Trad. 堅持不懈
- (idiom) to persevere unremittingly; to keep going until the end
Trad. 堅持不渝
- to stick to sth without change (idiom); to persevere
- at a stalemate
- deadlocked
- in unrelenting mutual opposition
Trad. 持不同政見
- (politically) dissenting
- dissident
Trad. 可持續發展
- sustainable development
Trad. 協同主持人
- (Tw) (in a research project) collaborator of the investigator(s)
- (Tw) (in a research project) co-principal investigator, or co-PI
Trad. 持不同政見者
- (political) dissident
Trad. 持續性植物狀態
- persistent vegetative state (medicine)
Trad. 持續性植物人狀態
- persistent vegetative state