支撑 (支撐) zhīcheng

1. zhīcheng verb to prop up; to support
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense prevent from collapsing (CC-CEDICT '支撐'; Guoyu '支撐' 1; Mathews 1931 '支撐', p. 51)
2. zhīcheng verb to preserve; to maintain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '支撐'; Guoyu '支撐' 2)

Contained in

• 支撑危局(支撐危局) provide support in a perilous situation
• 平板支撑(平板支撐) plank (exercise)
• 四肢支撑式(四肢支撐式) low plank (yoga pose)
• 支撑架(支撐架) bracket

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• 卷二百五十九 列傳第一百四十七 楊鎬 袁應泰 熊廷弼 袁崇煥 趙光抃 Volume 259 Biographies 147: Yang Gao, Yuan Yingtai, Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Chonghuan, Zhao Guangbian History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 110 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 106 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 第九十五回 Chapter 95 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1