🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

坚持

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiānchí

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
persistence/pərˈsɪstəns/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他的坚持终于有了回报。"

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As noun
  1. 1

    Firm continuation in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.

    "Her success was due to sheer hard work and persistence."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late 16th century: from French persistance or Latin persistentia, from persistere (see persist).

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