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持之以恒

chí zhī yǐ héng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 持之以恆

持之以恒 (chí zhī yǐ héng) means "to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 持之以恒 means

1. to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere

The characters in 持之以恒

• 持chíto hold; to grasp; to support
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 恒héngpermanent; constant; fixed

Example sentences

• 我对汤姆要持之以恒地学习法语口语这件事很怀疑。
  Wǒ duì Tāngmǔ yào chízhīyǐhéng de xuéxí Fǎyǔ kǒuyǔ zhè jiàn shì hěn huáiyí.
  I doubt that Tom will ever learn how to speak French properly.

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