相持

xiāngchí
  1. locked in a stalemate
  2. to confront one another

CEDICT

to be locked in a stalemate

Wiktionary

彼此坚决对立，互不相让。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 相 xiāng
  1. each other
  2. one another
  3. mutually
  4. fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 pípa (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品 pǐn)
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

相持不下 xiāngchíbùxià
  1. at a stalemate
  2. deadlocked
  3. in unrelenting mutual opposition