坚持不懈 — Chinese idiom
坚持不懈
jiān chí bù xiè
Traditional: 堅持不懈
Meaning
- to persevere unremittingly; to keep going until the end
Character by character
- 坚jiānhard, strong; firm, resolute
- 持chíto hold, to support, to sustain
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 懈xièidle, relaxed; negligent, remiss
Idioms sharing a character
- 坚不可摧 jiān bù kě cuī
- 坚壁清野 jiān bì qīng yě
- 坚如磐石 jiān rú pán shí
- 坚强不屈 jiān qiáng bù qū
- 坚持不渝 jiān chí bù yú
- 坚苦卓绝 jiān kǔ zhuó jué
- 坚贞不屈 jiān zhēn bù qū
- 坚贞不渝 jiān zhēn bù yú
- 坚韧不拔 jiān rèn bù bá
- 情比金坚 qíng bǐ jīn jiān
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