执念

Traditional form:

執念

Pinyin (reading):

zhíniàn

Definitions:

• obsession (CL:股 (gǔ))
• (when followed by 於／于 (yú)) to be obsessive (about)

Characters:

• 执 - to execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep; to sieze, to detain
• 念 - to think of, to recall; to study

Traditional characters:

• 執 - to execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep; to sieze, to detain
• 念 - to think of, to recall; to study