持久战

Traditional form:

持久戰

Pinyin (reading):

chíjiǔzhàn

Definitions:

• prolonged war
• war of attrition

Characters:

• 持 - to hold, to support, to sustain
• 久 - long ago; a long time
• 战 - war, fighting, battle

Traditional characters:

• 持 - to hold, to support, to sustain
• 久 - long ago; a long time
• 戰 - war, fighting, battle