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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

弥留mí liú

seriously ill and about to die

居留权jū liú quán

right of abode (law)

留一手liú yī shǒu

to deliberately withhold essential knowledge or skills as strategic insurance (typically to maintain leverage, avoid being replaced, or preserve authority in hierarchical relationships)

留作liú zuò

to set aside for / to keep as

留传liú chuán

to bequeath (to later generations) / a legacy

留别liú bié

a departing gift / a souvenir on leaving / a poem to mark one's departure

留堂liú táng

to stay behind (after class) / to be given detention / detention

留子liú zi

(slang) international student / student studying abroad

留存收益liú cún shōu yì

retained earnings

留学生liú xué shēng

student studying abroad / returned student / foreign student / international student

留守儿童liú shǒu ér tóng

"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

留客liú kè

to ask a guest to stay / to detain a guest

留尾巴liú wěi ba

to leave loose ends / to leave matters unresolved

留底liú dǐ

to keep a copy / copy kept for archiving / to put aside a portion (of a money sum)

留影liú yǐng

to take a photo as a souvenir / a souvenir photo

留待liú dài

to leave sth for later / to postpone (work, a decision etc)

留后liú hòu

to provide an heir / to ensure the continuation of a family line

留后路liú hòu lù

to leave oneself a way out / to provide oneself with a fallback

留得青山在,不怕没柴烧liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo

While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.

留心眼儿liú xīn yǎn r

to be on the alert / to keep one's eyes open

留成liú chéng

to retain a portion (of profits etc)

留有liú yǒu

to remain in existence / to retain

留有余地liú yǒu yú dì

to leave some leeway / to allow for the unpredictable

留样liú yàng

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[bǎo liú yàng pǐn])

留洋liú yáng

(old) to study abroad / (sports) to train abroad

留活口liú huó kǒu

to capture alive a criminal (or enemy etc) for interrogation / (of a perpetrator) to let a witness live

留班liú bān

to repeat a year in school

留用liú yòng

to keep for use / to retain sth / to keep sb in his job

留白liú bái

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)

留种liú zhǒng

to keep a seed stock / seed held back for planting

留空liú kòng

to leave blank space in a document / to leave some time free

留置liú zhì

to leave in place / to set aside (for further use) / to retain / to detain (a suspect or offender) / (medicine) indwelling

留职liú zhí

to keep an official position / to hold on to one's job

留职停薪liú zhí tíng xīn

(Tw) leave of absence without pay

留兰香liú lán xiāng

spearmint

留观liú guān

(medicine) to remain in hospital under observation

留言本liú yán běn

guestbook

留言簿liú yán bù

visitor's book / CL:本[běn]

留话liú huà

to leave a message

留遗liú yí

to leave behind / sb's legacy

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