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维持

to maintain, sustain

维持
wéichí2nd tone
Pinyin
wéichí
Strokes
20
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 维持

维持 is written with 20 strokes (: 11, : 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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