站住 (zhàn zhù) — to halt, to stop (and stay put); to hold water, to be tenable (of arguments, theories, etc.)
Definition
站住 has two distinct senses: a concrete command to 'stop and stay put' (站 + 住, the resultative 'stand still'), and an abstract 'hold water' meaning used for arguments, theories, or reasoning.
verb
to haltto stop (and stay put)to hold waterto be tenable (of arguments, theories, etc.)
Examples
- ：“站住！”。Jǐng chá dà hǎn: "zhàn zhù!" nà rén lì kè tíng le xià lái.The police shouted, 'Stop!' and that person immediately halted.
- ，。Nǐ de lǐ yóu gēn běn zhàn bú zhù, méi yǒu shì shí yī jù.Your reasoning simply doesn't hold water; it has no factual basis.
- ？。Zhè ge lǐ lùn zhàn de zhù jiǎo ma? xū yào gèng duō de zhèng jù lái zhī chí.Is this theory tenable? We need more evidence to support it.
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