"Protracted" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 持久 | chí jiǔ | lasting / enduring / persistent / permanent / protracted / endurance / persistence / to last long |   |
| 旷日持久 | kuàng rì chí jiǔ | protracted (idiom) / long and drawn-out | |
| 罚跪 | fá guì | to punish by protracted kneeling | |
| 粮食署持久难民和流离失所者项目 | WFP protracted refugee and displaced person projects | | |
| 持久救济和复原行动 | Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation | | |
| 持久救济行动 | Protracted Relief Operations | | |
| 拖欧 | tuō Oū | to go through a difficult and protracted process in withdrawing from the EU, as in the case of Brexit (a play on 脫歐|脱欧[tuo1 Ou1]) | |
