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死抱住不放

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Collocation

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过时的东西怎么能死抱住不放呢
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不能死抱住不放
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别老是死抱住不放
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死抱住……(某某东西)不放
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对老办法死抱住不放

Definition

死抱住不放

Literally means:

hold on like grim death

Actually means:

死 means holding fast to something.

This phrase figuratively means holding fast to something and never giving up, usually something that should be discarded. Derogatory.

死,紧紧地坚持着。

死抱住不放,形容顽固坚持,不肯放弃。对象大多是被人为应该放弃的东西。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate or object. It can be used with other words in between. (作谓语、宾语,中间可插入别的词语)
1
Zhèxiē
这些
lǐngdǎorén
领导人
duì
guò
过去
de
tào
réngrán
仍然
bào
zhù
fàng
  
,
suǒ
所以
gōng
公司
gǎi
wéi
fènzhì
股份制
hòu
以后
háishi
还是
ànzhào
按照
lǎobàn
老办法
lái
jīngyíng
经营
guǎn
管理
  

These leaders are still clinging to the old set, so the company changed to a joint-stock system or in accordance with the old way of operation and management.

2
rènwéi
认为
shī
律师
yào
gǎn
敢于
zuò
qiánrén
前人
méiyǒu
没有
zuò
guò
de
shìqing
事情
  
,
yīnggāi
应该
bàozhù
抱住
shíjiǔ
十九
shì
世纪
de
pàn
判例
fàng
  
,
fǒu
否则
法律
jiù
huì
tíngzhìqián
停滞不前
  

He believed that lawyers should dare to do things that no one else had done before, and should not cling to the jurisprudence of the nineteenth century, or the law would stagnate.

3
Āi
  
,
zhèxiē
这些
guāndiǎn
观点
zǎo
jīng
已经
guòshí
过时
le
  
,
dōu
lǎodiào
老掉牙
le
  
,
biè
lǎoshi
老是
bào
zhù
fàng
le
  

Hey, you've been through these ideas for a long time, you're all old, don't hold on to it all the time.