保持 (bǎochí) — to maintain; to keep; to preserve (a state)

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 詞

保持 word · TOCFL 3 (est.)

保持＝保＋持

ㄅㄠˇ ㄔˊ · bǎochí

verb — to maintain; to keep; to preserve (a state)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

保to protect; to preserve (保護的保)bǎo亻(person) + 子(child) — an adult sheltering a child; to keep safe

持to hold; to maintain (持續的持)chí扌(hand) + 寺(phonetic sì→chí, drift) — a hand holding steady

保持，保護的保，持續的持。

人（亻→保中的亻）背著孩子（子→保中的子），手（扌→持中的扌）穩穩抓著——那叫保持。

A person (亻 in 保) carrying a child (子 in 保) on their back, a hand (扌 in 持) holding steady — that is 保持.

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