持
verb C2- to hold
- to grasp
- to support
- to maintain
- to persevere
- to manage
- to run (i.e. administer)
- to control
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臣诚恐见欺于王而负赵，故令人持璧归，间至赵矣。
」王授璧，相如因持璧却立，倚柱，怒发上冲冠，谓秦王曰：「大王欲得璧，使人发书至赵王，赵王悉召群臣议，皆曰『秦贪，负其强，以空言求璧，偿城恐不可得』。
」相如持其璧睨柱，欲以撃柱。
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