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坚持
堅持
jiānchí
1. to persevere with
2. to persist in
3. to insist on
HSK 4

Character Breakdown

坚
jiān
hard, strong; firm, resolute
HSK 4 7 丶
持
chí
to hold, to support, to sustain
HSK 4 9 丶

Compound Words (3)

坚持下去
jiānchíxiàqù
to press on
坚持不懈
jiānchíbùxiè
to persevere unremittingly (idiom); to keep going until the end
坚持不渝
jiānchíbùyú
to stick to sth without change (idiom); to persevere

Example Sentences (8)

当时她的父母和亲戚都不支持她，可是她坚持自己的选择，现在终于向所有人证明了她的选择是正确的。
Dāngshí tā de fùmǔ hé qīnqi dōu bù zhīchí tā, kěshì tā jiānchí zìjǐ de xuǎnzé, xiànzài zhōngyú xiàng suǒyǒu rén zhèngmíng le tā de xuǎnzé shì zhèngquè de.
At the time, her parents and relatives didn't support her, but she stuck to her choice, and now she has finally proven to everyone that her choice was correct.
Text 3
想不到你工作那么忙，还能每天坚持阅读。
Xiǎngbúdào nǐ gōngzuò nàme máng, hái néng měitiān jiānchí yuèdú.
I didn't expect you to be so busy at work yet still manage to read every day.
Text 3
平时多交一些中国朋友，经常和他们聊天儿，听说能力自然就能得到很大的提高。另外，我建议你坚持看中文报纸，这样能学到很多新词语。
Píngshí duō jiāo yīxiē Zhōngguó péngyǒu, jīngcháng hé tāmen liáotiān ér, tīngshuō nénglì zìrán jiù néng dédào hěn dà de tígāo. Lìngwài, wǒ jiànyì nǐ jiānchí kàn zhōngwén bàozhǐ,zhèyàng néng xué dào hěn duō xīncí yǔ.
Text 1
取得成功的人往往都经历过许多次失败，他们和普通人的区别就是他们都坚持了下来。
Qǔdé chénggōng de rén wǎngwǎng dōu jīnglìguò xǔduō cì shībài, tāmen hé pǔtōng rén de qūbié jiùshì tāmen dōu jiānchí le xiàlái.
People who achieve success often have been through many failures; the difference between them and ordinary people is that they all kept going.
Text 5
一个月太短了。要想减肥成功，只能坚持，才会慢慢有效果。
Yí gè yuè tài duǎn le. Yào xiǎng jiǎnféi chénggōng, zhǐ néng jiānchí, cái huì mànman yǒu xiàoguǒ.
One month is too short. To lose weight successfully, you can only stick with it; only then will you slowly see results.
Text 1
任何成功都要通过努力才能得到。只要你坚持练习，我相信你也会越打越好的。
Rènhé chénggōng dōu yào tōngguò nǔlì cáinéng dédào. Zhǐyào nǐ jiānchí liànxí, wǒ xiāngxìn nǐ yě huì yuè dǎ yuè hǎo de.
Any success can only be achieved through hard work. As long as you keep practicing, I believe you will also play better and better.
Text 2
坚持阅读，除了能增加知识外，还能帮助我减轻压力，人也会变得轻松起来。
Jiānchí yuèdú, chúle néng zēngjiā zhīshí wài, hái néng bāngzhù wǒ jiǎnqīng yālì, rén yě huì biànde qīngsōng qǐlái.
Sticking to reading, besides increasing knowledge, also helps me relieve stress, and one also becomes more relaxed.
Text 3
坚持做读书笔记，对提高阅读能力有很大帮助。
Jiānchí zuò dúshū bǐjì, duì tígāo yuèdú nénglì yǒu hěn dà bāngzhù.
Consistently taking reading notes is very helpful for improving reading ability.
Text 4

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