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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
留 liú	留 \| 留* \| *留	old variant of 留	㽞 HSK 4


留 liú	留 \| 留* \| *留	to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve	HSK 4


留 liú	留 \| 留* \| *留	old variant of 留	畱 HSK 4


留念 liúniàn	留念 \| 留念* \| *留念	to keep as a souvenir / to recall fondly	HSK 6


留恋 liúliàn	留恋 \| 留恋* \| *留恋	reluctant to leave / to hate to have to go / to recall fondly	留戀 HSK 6


留言 liúyán	留言 \| 留言* \| *留言	to leave a message / to leave one's comments / message


留学 liúxué	留学 \| 留学* \| *留学	to study abroad	留學


留意 liúyì	留意 \| 留意* \| *留意	to be mindful / to pay attention to / to take note of


留下 liúxià	留下 \| 留下* \| *留下	to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go


留守 liúshǒu	留守 \| 留守* \| *留守	to stay behind to take care of things


留给 liúgěi	留给 \| 留给* \| *留给	to set aside for	留給


留学生 liúxuéshēng	留学生 \| 留学生* \| *留学生	student studying abroad / (foreign) exchange student / CL: 個｜个, 位	留學生


留尼汪 Liúníwāng	留尼汪 \| 留尼汪* \| *留尼汪	Réunion (island in Indian Ocean, a French overseas department)


留住 liúzhù	留住 \| 留住* \| *留住	to ask sb to stay / to keep sb for the night / to await (classical)


留置 liúzhì	留置 \| 留置* \| *留置	to leave in place / to set aside (for further use) / to retain / to detain / (medicine) indwelling


留存 liúcún	留存 \| 留存* \| *留存	to keep / to preserve / extant / to remain (from the past)


留心 liúxīn	留心 \| 留心* \| *留心	to be careful / to pay attention to


留情 liúqíng	留情 \| 留情* \| *留情	to relent (to spare sb's feelings) / to show mercy or forgiveness / to forbear / lenient


留名 liúmíng	留名 \| 留名* \| *留名	to leave one's name / to leave behind a reputation / to be remembered (in history)


留洋 liúyáng	留洋 \| 留洋* \| *留洋	to study abroad (old term) / same as 留學｜留学


留宿 liúsù	留宿 \| 留宿* \| *留宿	to put up a guest / to stay overnight


留神 liúshén	留神 \| 留神* \| *留神	to take care / to be careful


留言簿 liúyánbù	留言簿 \| 留言簿* \| *留言簿	visitor's book / CL: 本


留步 liúbù	留步 \| 留步* \| *留步	(said by departing guest) no need to see me out


留影 liúyǐng	留影 \| 留影* \| *留影	to take a photo as a souvenir / a souvenir photo


留白 liúbái	留白 \| 留白* \| *留白	to leave a message / to leave some empty space in a work of art / to leave idle moments (in one's life, a theater play etc)


留校 liúxiào	留校 \| 留校* \| *留校	to join the faculty of one's alma mater upon graduation / to remain at school during vacation


留传 liúchuán	留传 \| 留传* \| *留传	to bequeath (to later generations) / a legacy	留傳


留后路 liúhòulù	留后路 \| 留后路* \| *留后路	to leave oneself a way out	留後路


留园 Liúyuán	留园 \| 留园* \| *留园	Lingering Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu	留園


留任 liúrèn	留任 \| 留任* \| *留任	to remain in office / to hold on to one's job


留空 liúkòng	留空 \| 留空* \| *留空	to leave blank space in a document / to leave some time free


留别 liúbié	留别 \| 留别* \| *留别	a departing gift / a souvenir on leaving / a poem to mark one's departure	留別


留职 liúzhí	留职 \| 留职* \| *留职	to keep an official position / to hold on to one's job	留職


留坝 Liúbà	留坝 \| 留坝* \| *留坝	Liuba County in Hanzhong 漢中｜汉中, Shaanxi	留壩


留待 liúdài	留待 \| 留待* \| *留待	to leave sth for later / to postpone (work, a decision etc)


留用 liúyòng	留用 \| 留用* \| *留用	to keep for use / to retain sth / to keep sb in his job


留有余地 liúyǒuyúdì	留有余地 \| 留有余地* \| *留有余地	to leave some leeway / to allow for the unpredictable	留有餘地


留声机 liúshēngjī	留声机 \| 留声机* \| *留声机	gramophone / phonograph	留聲機


留级 liújí	留级 \| 留级* \| *留级	to repeat a year in school	留級


留底 liúdǐ	留底 \| 留底* \| *留底	to keep a copy / copy kept for archiving / to put aside a portion (of a money sum)


留门 liúmén	留门 \| 留门* \| *留门	to leave the door unlocked for sb	留門


留针 liúzhēn	留针 \| 留针* \| *留针	to leave an inserted needle in place for a period of time (acupuncture)	留針


留驻 liúzhù	留驻 \| 留驻* \| *留驻	to keep stationed (of troops) / to remain as a garrison	留駐


留成 liúchéng	留成 \| 留成* \| *留成	to retain a portion (of profits etc)


留一手 liúyīshǒu	留一手 \| 留一手* \| *留一手	to hold back a trick / not to divulge all one's trade secrets


留种 liúzhǒng	留种 \| 留种* \| *留种	to keep a seed stock / seed held back for planting	留種


留鸟 liúniǎo	留鸟 \| 留鸟* \| *留鸟	nonmigratory bird	留鳥


留兰香 liúlánxiāng	留兰香 \| 留兰香* \| *留兰香	spearmint	留蘭香


留难 liúnàn	留难 \| 留难* \| *留难	to make sth difficult / to create obstacles	留難


留守儿童 liúshǒu'értóng	留守儿童 \| 留守儿童* \| *留守儿童	"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	留守兒童


留连 liúlián	留连 \| 留连* \| *留连	variant of 流連｜流连	留連


留有 liúyǒu	留有 \| 留有* \| *留有	to remain in existence / to retain


留里克 Liúlǐkè	留里克 \| 留里克* \| *留里克	Rurik (c. 830-879), Varangian chieftain of the Rus' people


留尼旺 Liúníwàng	留尼旺 \| 留尼旺* \| *留尼旺	Réunion (island in Indian Ocean, a French overseas department) (Tw)


留连论诗 liúliánlùnshī	留连论诗 \| 留连论诗* \| *留连论诗	to continue to discuss a poem over a long period	留連論詩


留作 liúzuò	留作 \| 留作* \| *留作	to set aside for / to keep as


留堂 liútáng	留堂 \| 留堂* \| *留堂	to stay behind (after class) / to be given detention / detention


留坝县 Liúbà Xiàn	留坝县 \| 留坝县* \| *留坝县	Liuba County in Hanzhong 漢中｜汉中, Shaanxi	留壩縣


留存收益 liúcúnshōuyì	留存收益 \| 留存收益* \| *留存收益	retained earnings


留客 liúkè	留客 \| 留客* \| *留客	to ask a guest to stay / to detain a guest


留尾巴 liúwěiba	留尾巴 \| 留尾巴* \| *留尾巴	to leave loose ends / to leave matters unresolved


留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 liúdeqīngshānzài, bùpàméicháishāo	留得…柴烧 \| 留得…柴烧* \| *留得…柴烧	While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.	留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒


留心眼儿 liúxīnyǎnr	留心眼儿 \| 留心眼儿* \| *留心眼儿	to be on the alert / to keep one's eyes open	留心眼兒


留样 liúyàng	留样 \| 留样* \| *留样	retention sample / (of a manufacturer, esp. of food or drugs) to retain a sample of a batch of a product (abbr. for 保留樣品｜保留样品)	留樣


留海 liúhǎi	留海 \| 留海* \| *留海	see 劉海｜刘海


留班 liúbān	留班 \| 留班* \| *留班	to repeat a year in school


留职停薪 liúzhítíngxīn	留职停薪 \| 留职停薪* \| *留职停薪	leave of absence without pay (Tw)	留職停薪


留芳千古 liúfāngqiāngǔ	留芳千古 \| 留芳千古* \| *留芳千古	a good reputation to last down the generations


留芳百世 liúfāngbǎishì	留芳百世 \| 留芳百世* \| *留芳百世	a good reputation to last a hundred generations


留观 liúguān	留观 \| 留观* \| *留观	(medicine) to remain in hospital under observation	留觀


留言本 liúyánběn	留言本 \| 留言本* \| *留言本	guestbook


留话 liúhuà	留话 \| 留话* \| *留话	to leave word / to leave a message	留話


留连果 liúliánguǒ	留连果 \| 留连果* \| *留连果	variant of 榴槤果｜榴梿果, durian fruit	留連果


留遗 liúyí	留遗 \| 留遗* \| *留遗	to leave behind / sb's legacy	留遺


留都 liúdū	留都 \| 留都* \| *留都	the old capital (after a move)


留医 liúyī	留医 \| 留医* \| *留医	to be hospitalized	留醫


留院 liúyuàn	留院 \| 留院* \| *留院	to remain in the hospital


留题 liútí	留题 \| 留题* \| *留题	extemporaneous thoughts noted down after a visit	留題


留饭 liúfàn	留饭 \| 留饭* \| *留饭	to put some food aside for sb / to invite sb to stay for a meal / invitation to dinner	留飯


留饮 liúyǐn	留饮 \| 留饮* \| *留饮	edema (accumulation of interstitial fluids in internal organs) / dropsy	留飲


留余地 liúyúdì	留余地 \| 留余地* \| *留余地	to leave room to maneuver / to leave a margin for error	留餘地

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