持之有故

Explanation: Hold: hold on, advocate; have it: a basis. Refers to the views and opinions held by a certain basis. 　　Usage: The main predicate; as predicate; for knowledge, articles, etc. 　　Source: Xun "Xunzi non-second child": "sexual indulgence, Ann Zisui, animals of the line, not co-Wen Tong rule, however, has its hold of it, it make sense, enough to fool all the deceivers." 　　Examples: After a field survey he put forward this view, ~, completely credible. Thesaurus:  what one sees and hears, do not allow challenge, Ignoring empty names, lucubrate, be down-to-earth, sureness, suspicion, do not change color, perfectly sound proposition, The Code is not easy, There shall legitimize, there's a point there, words are few,but they contain profound truth, Needless to challenge, be true to one's name, true, to deserve (a reward, gift, etc.), have heard sth. many times that one can make a detailed explanation of it, Hear of (about) The chant, genuine goods at a fair price, Neat and orderly There Xu, shipshape and Bristol fashion (=in Bristol fashion), be perfectly calm and collected, indisputableness, Conclusive Inalienable, talk in a breezy way, go on talking and laughing as if nothing had happened, Proof positive as (if) Mountain, be borne out by ironclad evidence, Well documented, say sth. with certainty, whenever one say sth.,one hits the nail on the head, be quite justifiable, Know how things stand and feel confident of handling them Grounded, There is evidence, Write with substance, Mo Ke Dispute the, there's a point there, Word must evidence the, need not challenge, Strong factual, Zaozaokeju, Concise statement of the, that is very true, By(my) God ! Antonym Group:  Clump Mess, possible mistake or mishap, be a mere scrap of paper, too many cooks spoil the broth, scrape together, 3 2 thread, Three poor five wrong, follow the example set by the superior; the inferiors imitate the superiors, be deadful to contemplate, unfounded charges, feel nervous about, meretalk, unredressed injustice; unrighted wrong, unfounded rumour; cock-and-bull story, Rambling, pinch and scrape, Dongnuexijie, borrow all around, lurch, in a terrible mess, amorphism, tangle, discriminately appoint affectionate couple, It doesn't help the situation., where will it all end, Routine, milk run, imitate others or to follow the beaten path without questioning, dishevelment overcome, He credited the Code, The Ho bible, be the whole show, all kinds of strange things, Qianduanwanxu, flash, complain of hardship or suffering cannot cope, one's cry for bitterness is heavenly high, have an idle talk, attend to state affairs, Waigangneirou, Foreign inner circle, Arabian Nights, Deprived people of the United States, Odd shape strange state, peculiarity, fictitious zilch, gobbledygook, frightened out of one's wits, confess to false charges under torture, type, jaw but do nothing, It seems to be, in name only, queer-looking, Adult Evil, Crossed swords with Mercy, Xieshanchaohai, People of the United States swept, system, exist in name only, miscellaneous, crisscross, Glasses of water to save salary, dishes and wine cups from dinner cluttered up the table, Dream and Dreams, like a dream and a bubble's shadow, Mode, In disorder, creep, Mao bone with trepidation, Mao bone looming on the horizon, Without self-interest, utter devotion to others, be swollen with arrogance but lack mental or spiritual ballast, flyaway, Pinfumingchen, Pinjisidan, a woman usurping man’ s power, Suddenly, indent, eat the air, Mo mystery explained, Fang Yu Fang water, quirkiness antic, beautiful Had [would] as lief ...as real, Without fear or favour Who is, Wonder antic, castle in the air; daydream; ivory tower, kite, So because "upon receipt of this..." (a platitude in Chinese documentary writing), crisscross, Eat on the ear, On the ear eat, And gave himself for the public, buckram, Bitter confessions, absurd and unreasonable, in the clouds, kickshaws, Mirage sea City, Xian Yuan be wronged, Fu pen Of injustice, Course language rumor, Ivory tower, Quality non-paper is, take sb's job into one's own hand, Fame, Zouyingqizi, commit a howler, strewn at random unevenness, a mare's nest, moan and groan, Took a deep short gas, Changshiduantan, Accidentally, error due to a strange combination of circumstances, quite something, Canxingzhuofu