WordTaiwan frequency #24,431
持之以恆
ㄔˊ ㄓ ㄧˇ ㄏㄥˊ
“to persevere with consistency; to persist steadfastly over the long term”
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持
ㄔˊ
To hold or grasp; to support or maintain; to persevere; to manage or administer; to control or resist.
之
ㄓ
Possessive particle, similar to 的; pronoun for him, her, it, them; verb meaning to go; preposition indicating location or relation.
以
ㄧˇ
to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; to consider as; to lead; to be able to; to make
恆
ㄏㄥˊ
Permanent; constant; unchanging; persistent; usual; ordinary; a surname; one of the 64 hexagrams in the Book of Changes.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 可以ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇcan; may; to be able to; to be possible; not bad; pretty good
- 所以ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇtherefore; so; as a result; the reason why; used for; why
- 之後ㄓ ㄏㄡˋafter; afterwards; since then; later; from that time on.
- 以及ㄧˇ ㄐㄧˊand; as well as; used to connect parallel words or phrases.
- 之間ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢbetween; among; amid; used after nouns or certain bisyllabic words to indicate a short period of time
- 支持ㄓ ㄔˊto support; to back; to be in favor of; to stand by; to maintain; to cope with; to pay for
- 之前ㄓ ㄑㄧㄢˊbefore; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand; earlier than a given time.
- 持續ㄔˊ ㄒㄩˋto continue; to persist; to last; ongoing; sustained; sustainable
- 以上ㄧˇ ㄕㄤˋmore than a stated amount or level; above a certain point; the foregoing; used to conclude remarks
- 以後ㄧˇ ㄏㄡˋafter; later; afterwards; from now on; in the future.
- 以前ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊbefore; previously; in the past; ago; formerly
- 以為ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˋto think; to believe (often mistakenly); to take for; to consider as.