拘留
jū liú
Pinyin

Definition

拘留
 - 
jū liú
  1. to detain (a prisoner)
  2. to keep sb in custody

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

留
liú
  1. 1 old variant of 留[liú]
停留
tíng liú
  1. 1 to stay somewhere temporarily
  2. 2 to stop over
留下
liú xià
  1. 1 to leave behind
  2. 2 to stay behind
  3. 3 to remain
  4. 4 to keep
  5. 5 not to let (sb) go
留给
liú gěi
  1. 1 to set aside for
留言
liú yán
  1. 1 to leave a message
  2. 2 to leave one's comments
  3. 3 message
保留
bǎo liú
  1. 1 to keep
  2. 2 to retain
  3. 3 to have reservations (about sth)
  4. 4 to hold back (from saying sth)
  5. 5 to put aside for later
去留
qù liú
  1. 1 going or staying
拘留
jū liú
  1. 1 to detain (a prisoner)
  2. 2 to keep sb in custody
挽留
wǎn liú
  1. 1 to urge to stay
  2. 2 to detain
收留
shōu liú
  1. 1 to offer shelter
  2. 2 to have sb in one's care
残留
cán liú
  1. 1 to remain
  2. 2 left over
  3. 3 surplus
  4. 4 remnant
滞留
zhì liú
  1. 1 to detain
  2. 2 retention
无拘无束
wú jū wú shù
  1. 1 free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered
  2. 2 unbuttoned
  3. 3 without care or worries
留住
liú zhù
  1. 1 to ask sb to stay
  2. 2 to keep sb for the night
  3. 3 to await (classical)
留作
liú zuò
  1. 1 to set aside for
  2. 2 to keep as
留存
liú cún
  1. 1 to keep
  2. 2 to preserve
  3. 3 extant
  4. 4 to remain (from the past)
留学
liú xué
  1. 1 to study abroad
留学生
liú xué shēng
  1. 1 student studying abroad
  2. 2 (foreign) exchange student
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
留守
liú shǒu
  1. 1 to stay behind to take care of things
留影
liú yǐng
  1. 1 to take a photo as a souvenir
  2. 2 a souvenir photo

Idioms (7)

不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
女大不中留
nu:3 dà bù zhōng liú
  1. 1 when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
手下留情
shǒu xià liú qíng
  1. 1 lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me
  2. 2 Do not judge me too harshly.
  3. 3 Look favorably on my humble efforts.
放诞不拘
fàng dàn bù jū
  1. 1 wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
无拘无束
wú jū wú shù
  1. 1 free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered
  2. 2 unbuttoned
  3. 3 without care or worries
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo
  1. 1 While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
话到嘴边留三分
huà dào zuǐ biān liú sān fēn
  1. 1 A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)

Sample Sentences

事实上，前几天才报道了有人在高铁上“霸座”，被行政拘留的事情呢。
shìshí shàng ，qián jǐtiān cái bàodào le yǒurén zài gāotiě shàng “bàzuò ”，bèi xíngzhèng jūliú de shìqing ne 。
In fact a few days ago there was a report of a passenger on the high speed rail who took a seat illegally and was retained by administrative officers.
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老公，你要知道，酒后驾车不仅要罚款，还要扣证的。像你这样，醉酒后驾车罪加一等，不仅要罚款和扣证，还要拘留的。而且现在又是严打......
lǎogong ，nǐ yào zhīdào ，jiǔhòu jiàchē bùjǐn yào fákuǎn ，hái yào kòu zhèng de 。xiàng nǐ zhèyàng ，zuìjiǔ hòu jiàchē zuì jiā yī děng ，bùjǐn yào fákuǎn hé to deduct zhèng ，hái yào jūliú de 。érqiě xiànzài yòu shì yándǎ ......
Honey, you know, drunk driving won't just get you a fine. You also lose your license. In your condition, a drunk driver gets charged with a double offense: not only do you get fined and lose your license, you get arrested too. Plus there's a crackdown underway...
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