僵持不下

Chinese

		to refuse to budge; to be locked in a stalemate; to be in a standoff to refuse to budge; to be locked in a stalemate; to be in a standoff; to be deadlocked	to be not less than; to not be inferior to
trad. (僵持不下)		僵持	不下
simp. #(僵持不下)		僵持	不下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāngchíbùxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ ㄔˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāngchíbùxià [Phonetic: jiāngchíbúxià]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ ㄔˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiangchíhbùsià
    • Wade–Giles: chiang¹-chʻih²-pu⁴-hsia⁴
    • Yale: jyāng-chŕ-bù-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiangchyrbushiah
    • Palladius: цзянчибуся (czjančibusja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

Idiom

僵持不下

1. to be in a deadlock with both sides unyielding

   雙方各持己見，僵持不下。 [MSC, trad.]
   双方各持己见，僵持不下。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shuāngfāng gèchíjǐjiàn, jiāngchíbùxià. [Pinyin]

   Both sides stuck to their opinion and remained deadlocked.