What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 持续 mean?

持续 chíxù

to continue; to last; to sustain; continuous; ongoing

Its characters

  1. 持 chí to hold
  2. 续 xù to continue (as in 继续)

In a sentence

大雨持续了三天。 The heavy rain lasted for three days.

从那以后,一代又一代的人接着挖,前后持续了一千多年。

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