相持

Traditional form:

相持

Pinyin (reading):

xiāngchí

Definitions:

• locked in a stalemate
• to confront one another

Characters:

• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 持 - to hold, to support, to sustain

Traditional characters:

• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 持 - to hold, to support, to sustain