恋栈 (戀棧) liànzhàn

liànzhàn verb to be reluctant to give up a post
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '戀棧'; Mathews 1931 '戀棧', p. 16; Guoyu '戀棧')

Contained in

• 驽马恋栈(駑馬戀棧) an incompetent man clings to a good position
• 老马恋栈(老馬戀棧) the old horse loves his stable; sb old but reluctant to relinquish their post

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• 卷二百五十五 列傳第一百四十三 劉宗周 黃道周 Volume 255 Biographies 143: Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou History of Ming 明史 — count: 1