Chinese Notes

留 liú

liú verb to leave something; to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '留')
liú verb to stop; to halt
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '留')

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留下 to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; to not to let somebody go
留遗(留遺) to leave behind; legacy
拘留 to detain
留意 to take care; to be mindful
滞留锋(滯留鋒) stationary front (meteorology)
停薪留职(停薪留職) leave of absence without pay
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧(留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒) While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn . Where there's life there's hope.
留针(留針) to leave an inserted needle in place for a period of time (acupuncture)
不停留 to not remain at
保留剧目(保留劇目) repertory; stock (in theater)
留恋(留戀) to be reluctant to leave
留置 to leave in place; to set aside (for further use); to retain; to detain; (medicine) indwelling
王不留行 cowherb (Vaccaria segetalis); cowherb seeds (used in TCM)
留念 to keep as a souvenir; to recall fondly
留饭(留飯) to put some food aside for somebody; to invite somebody to stay for a meal; invitation to dinner
留声机(留聲機) gramophone; phonograph
潴留(瀦留) retention
留心眼儿(留心眼兒) to be on the alert; to keep one's eyes open
绝地无留(絕地無留) do not linger in dangerous areas
鸡犬不留(雞犬不留) not even a chicken or dog left; total extermination
留话(留話) to leave word; to leave a message
止留 detain
欲留 longed to stay
保留 to retain; to hold back; to reserve; to preserve; to maintain
留守 to stay behind to take care of things
居留权(居留權) right of abode
留学(留學) to study abroad
提留 to withdraw (money) and retain it
逗留 to stay at; to stop over
留驻(留駐) to keep stationed (of troops); to remain as a garrison
稽留 to tarry; to remain
寸甲不留 not leave behind any means of defense
留鸟(留鳥) nonmigratory bird
毫无保留(毫無保留) to hold nothing back; without reservation
留班 to repeat a year in school
留存收益 retained earnings
卫留成(衛留成) Wei Liucheng
齿颊留香(齒頰留香) taste remaining in the mouth
留芳百世 a good reputation to last a hundred generations
留海 bangs or fringes of hair
高桥留美子(高橋留美子) Takahashi Rumiko, Japanese manga artist

Also contained in

巩留县、阿留申群岛、马可·奥勒留、陈留郡、陈留、留尼汪、巩留、留青竹刻、留园、爱留根纳

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卷一百四十九　列傳第三十六: 耶律留哥劉伯林郭寶玉石天應移剌揑兒耶律禿花王珣 Volume 149 Biographies 36: Yelu Liuge, Liu Bolin, Guo Baoyu, Shi Tianying, Yi Lanieer, Yelu Tuhua, Wang Xun History of Yuan 元史 — count: 43
卷二百八十一列傳第一百六十九循吏 Volume 281 Biographies 169: Virtuous Officials History of Ming 明史 — count: 36
《留侯世家》 House of Marquis of Liu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 32
卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 28
卷二十六　　　　志第十六　　　曆二 Volume 26 Treatises 17: Calendar 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 25
卷三十三志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 25
卷十三志第三歷下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 24
卷二十九　　　　志第十九　　　曆五 Volume 29 Treatises 22: Calendar 5 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 21
卷五十八新五代史考第一 Volume 58 Examination on the New Five Dynasties : New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 21
卷107下律曆志三下 Volume 107b Treatise 3: Treatise on Music and Calendars 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 21

Collocations

留侯 (留侯) 留侯張良之大父開地相韓昭侯 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷六復恩 Chapter 6: Repaying Kindness — count: 8
公子留 (公子留) 陳公子留 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
及留 (及留) 及留吁 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 6
留吁 (留籲) 及留吁 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 5
留处 (留處) 地辟舉則民留處 — Guanzi 管子, 牧民第一 Chapter 1: Shepherding the People — count: 4
樛留 (樛留) 韓宣王謂樛留曰 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 說林上第二十二 Chapter 22: Collections of Persuasions I — count: 4
民留 (民留) 地辟舉則民留處 — Guanzi 管子, 牧民第一 Chapter 1: Shepherding the People — count: 4
留子 (留子) 彼留子嗟 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧丘中有麻 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Qiu Zhong You Ma — count: 4
留令 (留令) 謂之留令 — Guanzi 管子, 立政第四 Chapter 4: Establishing Governance — count: 3
留行 (留行) 秦發兵不留行 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 存韓第二 Chapter 2: The Preservation of State of Han — count: 2