维持
to maintain, sustain
- Pinyin
- wéichí
- Strokes
- 20
- In episodes
- 1
Stroke order for 维持
维持 is written with 20 strokes (维: 11, 持: 9). The animation replays automatically.
Usage
HSK 6. 种群能够自我维持所需的最低规模 — where the number forty comes from.
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四十这个数字不是随便定的，它是一个种群能够自我维持所需的最低规模。
Forty is not an arbitrary figure. It is the minimum size at which a population can sustain itself.
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