持平 (chí píng) — to stay level, to be flat (of rates, prices, statistics, market shares); fair, balanced (of remarks, opinions, judgments)
Definition
持平 has two distinct senses: for numbers/prices it means 'to stay level/flat'; for opinions or judgments it means 'fair, balanced' — note it is a verb, not an adjective.
verb
to stay levelto be flat (of rates, prices, statistics, market shares)fairbalanced (of remarks, opinions, judgments)
Examples
- 持平。Zuì jìn fáng jià chí píng le.Recently, housing prices have leveled off.
- 持平，。Tā de guān diǎn hěn chí píng, dà jiā dōu tóng yì.His views were very fair, and everyone agreed.
- 持平。Liǎng gè gōng sī de shōu rù chí píng le.The revenues of the two companies are level.
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