加持

jiāchí
  1. (Buddhism) (from Sanskrit "adhiṣṭhāna") blessings
  2. (fig.) empowerment; boost; support; backing
  3. to give one's blessing; to empower
  4. (Tw) to hold an additional (passport etc)

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Entry Composition

1 加 jiā
  1. to add
  2. (math.) plus
  3. to increase; to augment
  4. (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不 bù, 大 dà, 稍 shāo etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 shāojiāgǎiliáng "make some minor improvements to (it)")
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