zhī​wuzhī​wú

to hem and haw

zhī​wu to hem and haw

  1. to sustain
    to bear; to endure; to withstand; to hold up under pressure
  2. (archaic) reading used in the compound 吾吾 yú​yú, describing a hesitant or stuttering manner of speech

zhī​wú to deal with

  1. zhī verbnoun
    to dispatch
    to send away; to put somebody off; to dispatch; to assign or command
  2. I
    (literary) I; my; we; our; used in formal writing or classical contexts to refer to oneself or one's own side

zhī​wú to resist

  1. to sustain
    to bear; to endure; to withstand; to hold up under pressure
  2. I
    (literary) I; my; we; our; used in formal writing or classical contexts to refer to oneself or one's own side