核僵持

nuclear equipoise / nuclear stalemate

pit / stone / nucleus / nuclear / to examine / to check / to verify

variant of 核[he2] / to investigate

rigid / deadlock / stiff (corpse)

variant of 僵[jiang1]

to be deadlocked

to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control