持续: to continue, to persist, to last, sustainable, preservation...
守候: to wait for, to expect, to keep watch, to watch over, to nurse...
打球: to play ball, to play with a ball...
株: tree trunk, stump (tree root), a plant, classifier for trees or plants, strain (biology), to involve others (in shady business)...
黑马: dark horse, unexpected winner...
半岛: peninsula...
挽回: to retrieve, to redeem...
集团: group, bloc, corporation, conglomerate...
挺拔: tall and straight...
胡同: lane, alley...