可持续

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 我们要追求可持续发展。▶ —
   We should pursue sustainable development.
2. 这种增长方式不可持续。▶ —
   This mode of growth is not sustainable.

Collocations

Mnemonic

可 kě "can, -able" + 持续 chíxù "to continue, sustain": able to be sustained, i.e. sustainable. Korean renders it as "sustainable, sustainability". The quality of being able to carry on long without using up resources, used especially in 可持续发展 (sustainable development), growth that does not harm the environment (可持续利用 sustainable use, 不可持续 unsustainable). 可 means "can, -able" (可能, 可以); 持续 means "to sustain" (持 hold + 续 continue). In the domain of 环保 and 节能.

Related

Quick check

1. What does 可持续发展 mean?

   • development that lasts without harming the environment
   • the fastest short-term growth
   • resource-exhausting development
   • stopping development