持之以恒 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 持之以恆 On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C2. chízhīyǐhéng ㄔˊ ㄓ ㄧˇ ㄏㄥˊ to pursue unremittingly (idiom) to persevere Character by character 持(chí)hold 之(zhī)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de) 以(yǐ)use 恒(héng)permanent A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0 国际中文教育中文水平等级标准, 中华人民共和国教育部, MIT