挽留
wǎn liú
Pinyin

Definition

挽留
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wǎn liú
  1. to urge to stay
  2. to detain

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
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
挽回
wǎn huí
  1. 1 to retrieve
  2. 2 to redeem
挽救
wǎn jiù
  1. 1 to save
  2. 2 to remedy
  3. 3 to rescue
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
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
留心
liú xīn
  1. 1 to be careful
  2. 2 to pay attention to

Idioms (5)

力挽狂澜
lì wǎn kuáng lán
  1. 1 to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis
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.
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)

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