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持久 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • durable adj Able to withstand wear, damage, or long use.
  • endurance noun The ability to keep going through hardship, effort, or pain over a long time.
  • stamina noun The physical or mental energy needed to keep doing something demanding over a long time.
  • sustainable adj Able to be maintained or continued over a long period.
  • toughness noun The quality of being resistant to breaking, wear, or damage.

Senses

持久 is used for these senses in English:

  • durable Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring.
  • endurance The measure of a person's stamina or persistence.
  • stamina The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.
  • sustainable Able to be produced or sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource; renewable.
  • toughness (uncountable) The state of being tough.