站住 (zhàn zhù) — to halt, to stop (and stay put); to hold water, to be tenable (of arguments, theories, etc.)

Definition

Examples

• 警察大喊：“站住！”那人立刻停了下来。
  Jǐng chá dà hǎn: "zhàn zhù!" nà rén lì kè tíng le xià lái.
  The police shouted, 'Stop!' and that person immediately halted.
• 你的理由根本站不住，没有事实依据。
  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.
• 这个理论站得住脚吗？需要更多的证据来支持。
  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.

Origin