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  1. 彼此堅決對立互不相讓史記··項羽本紀》:楚漢相持未決丁壯軍旅老弱轉漕。」三國演義·第一》:且說袁紹冀州曹操呂布相持。」對峙堅持僵持

locked in a stalemate, to confront one another