Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
保持立场
English translation:
stand one's ground
Chinese term
保持立场
| 4 +2 | stand one's ground |
Wilman
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| 3 +2 | keep a stand |
Shirley Lao
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| 4 +1 | maintain one's stance/position |
peiling
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| 4 +1 | stick to one's guns |
Malcolm Mayfield
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| 4 | adhere/stick to one's opinion |
Shang
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Jul 4, 2007 13:28: Wilman changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Shirley Lao, Shang, Wilman
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Proposed translations
stand one's ground
Taiwan
In Search of Clarity
Native in: Chinese (Variant: Traditional) 
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English
keep a stand
For example, "I take my stand for this policy or against this policy".
Other possibilities: I keep my stand on this; My stand on this is....
adhere/stick to one's opinion
stick to one's guns
to refuse to change your ideas although other people try to make you change them. David's family were against him becoming an actor but he stuck to his guns. Stand by your guns and don't let them talk you into working full time if you don't want to.
Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms © Cambridge University Press 1998
stick to your guns
to refuse to change your beliefs or action
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