僵持
goeng1 ci4jiāng chí
English
- to be deadlocked
- (of both parties) to refuse to budge
粵語 — Cantonese
- 雙方唔肯改變自己嘅立場
Examples
僵持不下
to lock others in a stalemate
佢哋僵持咗好耐,大家都唔肯讓步。
Both parties refuse to budge and have been in a deadlock for a long time.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk