TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
堅持
ㄐㄧㄢ ㄔˊ · jiānchí
verb — to persist; to insist; to stand firm
字源 FORM — what the parts do
堅firm; hard (堅固的堅)jiān臤(qiān — firm grip: 臣+又, servant's hand; both sound and meaning role) + 土(earth) — a grip driven into the ground
堅持，堅硬的堅，持續的持。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
臤（堅中的臤：手握緊一切）扎進土（土→堅中的土），扌（扌→持中的扌）不放——那叫堅持。
The firm-grip component (臤 in 堅 — meaning and sound) driven into the ground (土 in 堅), a hand (扌 in 持) refusing to let go — that is 堅持.
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