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Definitions
- 1. to leave (a message etc)
- 2. to retain
- 3. to stay
- 4. to remain
- 5. to keep
- 6. to preserve
Example Sentences
1 shown英國應當 留 在還是脫離歐盟?
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 留
Marcus Aurelius (121-180), Roman Emperor
to leave sth for later
to leave oneself a way out
visitor's book
repertory
to detain (a prisoner)
to ask a guest to stay
right of abode (law)
to leave some leeway
to stay
Rurik (c. 830-879), Varangian chieftain of the Rus' people
gramophone
to keep
unfinished business
to set aside for
remainder
permanent residency permit
leave of absence without pay
Ilyushin, Russian plane maker
to leave one's name
extemporaneous thoughts noted down after a visit
to ask sb to stay
detention center
Silurian system (geology)
to join the faculty of one's alma mater upon graduation
see 劉海|刘海[liú hǎi]
to show no quarter
reluctant to leave
(medicine) to remain in hospital under observation
to stay for a long time
edema (accumulation of interstitial fluids in internal organs)
Silurian (geological period 440-417m years ago)
to remain; to be left over
to bequeath (to later generations)
permanent residency
China Scholarship Council (CSC)
Gongliu County or Toqquztara nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[yī lí hā sà kè zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang
nonmigratory bird
a good reputation to last a hundred generations
to detain as criminal
semiconservative replication
going or staying
cowherb (Vaccaria segetalis)
to study abroad
to set aside for; to keep as
to stay somewhere temporarily
to stay
to leave blank space in a document
to put some food aside for sb
While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
to leave behind
to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care
to detain
to keep a seed stock
to stay
to continue to discuss a poem over a long period
to stay for a long period
retention sample
a departing gift
(of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving); to be stranded
to intercept
to stay at
to keep a copy
to leave loose ends
residence permit
to leave behind
to absorb
(said by departing guest) no need to see me out
without reservation
detachment left to provide covering fire
Aleutian Islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka)
Wei Liucheng (1946-), fifth governor of Hainan
to incarcerate sb for a violation of administrative law, typically for 10 days or less
to relent (to spare sb's feelings)
remnant
A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)
reservation (for an ethnic minority)
Liuba County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中[hàn zhōng], Shaanxi
Gongliu County or Toqquztara nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[yī lí hā sà kè zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang
to leave a message
Lingering Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu
to put up a guest
Tunliu county in Changzhi 長治|长治[cháng zhì], Shanxi
residence
to retain a portion (of profits etc)
retained earnings
when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
to leave room to maneuver; to leave a margin for error
to be mindful
to remain in the hospital
to keep stationed (of troops)
Tunliu county in Changzhi 長治|长治[cháng zhì], Shanxi
to leave the door unlocked for sb
private plot allocated to an individual on a collective farm
to keep for use
to keep as a souvenir
to make sth difficult
(sports) to train abroad
to stay behind (after class)
Liuba County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中[hàn zhōng], Shaanxi
stationary front (meteorology)
to take care
a good reputation to last down the generations
\left-behind children\, rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant workers in distant urban areas, but cannot afford to keep the family with them
lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me
retention (medicine)
shelter
on one's deathbed
hilly land allotted for private use
to be careful
to remain in existence
Eriugena, John Scottus (c. 810-880) Irish poet, theologian, and philosopher of Neoplatonism
to leave word
unsigned remainder (i.e. the remainder after rounding to the nearest integer)
to leave an inserted needle in place for a period of time (acupuncture)
Takahashi Rumiko, Japanese manga artist
to leave a message
to repeat a year in school
to shave the head but keep the queue
to withdraw (money) and retain it
to set aside
to urge to stay
seriously ill and about to die
to stay behind to take care of things
to repeat a year in school
to take a photo as a souvenir
to leave in place
guestbook
not to divulge all one's trade secrets
to leave behind
Réunion (island in Indian Ocean, a French overseas department)
remaining
spearmint
to keep
to be hospitalized
student studying abroad
to keep an official position