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Jyutping soeng1 ci4 bat1 haa6
Pinyin xiāng chí bù xià

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. at a stalemate
  2. deadlocked
  3. in unrelenting mutual opposition
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to be locked in a stalemate; neither side is winning or yielding in a standoff
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    相持不下
    相持不下
    xiàng chí bù xià
    • to be locked in a stalemate