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站住脚

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Collocation

1
站不住脚
2
一定要站住脚
3
才能站住脚
4
在……地方站住脚

Definition

站住脚:

Literally means:

stand firmly on one's feet; survive or consolidate one's position

Actually means:

It means surviving in one place or consolidating one's position. It also means some viewpoint or ar gument can hold water.

指能够生存下去或安稳地呆下去。也指理由、观点成立。

Example

Used as predicate or object. (作谓语、宾语)
1
无法
gōng
提供
rèn
任何
zhèng
证据
  
,
suǒ
所以
duì
men
我们
de
zhǐkòng
指控
wánquán
完全
zhàn
zhù
不住
jiǎo
  

He couldn't provide any evidence, so the charges against us were completely untenable.

2
Jīngguò
经过
sān
nián
de
努力
  
,
men
我们
gōng
公司
zhōng
终于
zài
měiguó
美国
zhànzhùjiǎo
站住脚
le
  
,
kāishǐ
开始
yǒu
le
diǎn
yíng
盈利
  

After three years of hard work, our company finally got a footing in the United States and began to make a little profit.

3
Wàirén
外地人
dào
liǎo
chéngshì
城市
yào
xiǎng
zhànzhùjiǎo
站住脚
  
,
méiyǒu
没有
jiào
gāo
de
xué
学历
huò
mǒuzhǒng
某种
cháng
特长
  
,
kǒng
恐怕
hěn
nán
  

Foreigners to the big city to stand still, no higher education or some kind of speciality, I am afraid it is difficult.

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