坚持
Meaning
- to persevere with
- to persist in
- to insist on
Example sentence
坚持到底！
Stiff upper lip!
Characters in 坚持
- 坚 jiān firm, hard, solid; resolute
- 持 chí to hold; to maintain, to keep up
坚 firm plus 持, to hold. Holding firmly, hence to persist — and to insist.