持之以恒 — Chinese idiom
持之以恒
chí zhī yǐ héng
Traditional: 持之以恆
Meaning
- to pursue unremittingly ; to persevere
Character by character
- 持chíto hold, to support, to sustain
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 恒héngconstant, persistent, regular
Idioms sharing a character
- 倒持泰阿 dào chí Tài ē
- 各持己见 gè chí jǐ jiàn
- 坚持不懈 jiān chí bù xiè
- 坚持不渝 jiān chí bù yú
- 把持不定 bǎ chí bù dìng
- 旷日持久 kuàng rì chí jiǔ
- 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 一孔之见 yī kǒng zhī jiàn
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