No. 5,888 in Chinese
堅稱
To firmly assert or insist.
In a sentence
他一直堅稱自己没有犯错。
He consistently insisted that he did not make a mistake.
堅稱 is used to emphasize persistent affirmation of a belief or statement.
她堅稱這件事的责任不在她。
She insisted firmly that this matter was not her responsibility.
堅稱 in this context highlights a strong assertion of one's standpoint in a dispute.
我堅稱我看到的是事实而不是幻觉。
I firmly assert that what I saw was the truth, not a hallucination.
堅稱 here conveys the concept of steadfastly maintaining that one’s experiences or observations are accurate.
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