| 胶着 | jiāo zhuó | to stick onto / stalemate / gridlock / to agglutinate | ![]() |
| 相持 | xiāng chí | locked in a stalemate / to confront one another | ![]() |
| 相持不下 | xiāng chí bù xià | at a stalemate / deadlocked / in unrelenting mutual opposition | ![]() |
| 弄僵 | nòng jiāng | to bring to deadlock / to result in a stalemate | ![]() |
| 核对峙 | hé duì zhì | nuclear stalemate | ![]() |
| 核僵持 | hé jiāng chí | nuclear equipoise / nuclear stalemate | ![]() |
| 军事僵局 | jūn shì jiāng jú | military stalemate | ![]() |
