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HSK
to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *留* | 留* | *留
to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve
HSK 2
to stay somewhere temporarily / to stop over
HSK 5
to urge to stay / to detain
to detain as criminal / criminal detention
(of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving); to be stranded / (of sth that would typically dissipate, e.g. floodwater, pollutants) to remain; to linger
HSK 7-9
to detain (a prisoner) / to keep sb in custody
HSK 7-9
to remain; to be left over / residual; remnant / residue
HSK 7-9
to incarcerate sb for a violation of administrative law, typically for 10 days or less; administrative detention
to hold nothing back / without reservation
to detain / to arrest / to hold / to confiscate
HSK 7-9
to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care
HSK 7-9
to leave behind / to hand down
HSK 7-9
to stay / to stop over / to break one's journey
to absorb / to take in and retain
to stay for a while; to sojourn
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, Xinjiang
when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
lit. not even chickens and dogs are spared (idiom) / fig. mass slaughter
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㽞* | 㽞* | *㽞
old variant of
HSK 2
seriously ill and about to die
Marcus Aurelius (121-180), Roman Emperor
to stay for a long period
going or staying
remainder / fractional part (after the decimal point) / unfinished
remaining / extant
to reside
to withdraw (money) and retain it
to stay for a long time
to stay / to remain / to linger / (computing) to reside / resident (program etc)
to stay / to detain
to set aside / to reserve
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *畱* | 畱* | *畱
old variant of
HSK 2
to intercept / interception
retention (medicine)


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