僵持

jiāngchí
to be deadlocked

CEDICT

to refuse to budge (of two parties); to be locked in a stalemate; to be in a standoff; to be deadlocked

Wiktionary

相持不让而无所发展。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 僵 jiāng
  1. rigid
  2. deadlock
  3. stiff (corpse)
=1 僵 jiāng variant of 僵 jiāng
2 持 chí
  1. to hold
  2. to grasp
  3. to support
  4. to maintain
  5. to persevere
  6. to manage
  7. to run (i.e. administer)
  8. to control

Containing this entry

核僵持 héjiāngchí
  1. nuclear equipoise
  2. nuclear stalemate
僵持不下 jiāngchíbùxià