持之以恒持之以恆

chí zhī yǐ héng

HSK level: HSK 7–9

Meaning

to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere

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Characters

持chíto hold, to support, to sustain扌寺之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to丶以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then人恒héngconstant, persistent, regular忄亘

Examples

我对汤姆要持之以恒地学习法语口语这件事很怀疑。

Wǒ duì Tāng mǔ yào chí zhī yǐ héng de xué xí Fǎ yǔ kǒu yǔ zhè jiàn shì hěn huái yí.

I doubt that Tom will ever learn how to speak French properly.