相持
xiāng chí
Pinyin

Definition

相持
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xiāng chí
  1. locked in a stalemate
  2. to confront one another

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bǎo chí
  1. 1 to keep
  2. 2 to maintain
  3. 3 to hold
  4. 4 to preserve
jiān chí
  1. 1 to persevere with
  2. 2 to persist in
  3. 3 to insist on
zhī chí
  1. 1 to be in favor of
  2. 2 to support
  3. 3 to back
  4. 4 support
  5. 5 backing
  6. 6 to stand by
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè
xiāng xìn
  1. 1 to be convinced (that sth is true)
  2. 2 to believe
  3. 3 to accept sth as true
xiàng cè
  1. 1 photo album

Idioms (20)

一脉相承
yī mài xiāng chéng
  1. 1 traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
  1. 1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相识
bù dǎ bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
  2. 2 no discord, no concord
世代相传
shì dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
二虎相斗,必有一伤
èr hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng
  1. 1 lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt