Absolutely nothing is permanent in life.
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持久
chí jiǔ
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6
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chí jiǔ · ci4 gau2 (Jyutping)
- lasting
- enduring
- persistent
- permanent
- protracted
- endurance
- persistence
- to last long
Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data
Character breakdown
持
- Meaning
- sustain, support; hold, grasp
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿰扌寺
- Cangjie
- QGDI
- Four-corner
- 5404.1
久
- Meaning
- long time (ago); time passage, grow late
- Radical
- 丿
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- ⿻勹？
- Cangjie
- NO
- Four-corner
- 2780.0
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