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Exact character matches appear first. For otherwise comparable matches, frequency in film and television subtitles helps determine order. Direct English-definition matches and prefix matches also affect ranking. Word length and the availability of usage notes do not improve rank.

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.

留都liú dū

the old capital (after a move)

留医liú yī

to be hospitalized

留针liú zhēn

to leave an inserted needle in place for a period of time (acupuncture)

留门liú mén

to leave the door unlocked for sb

留院liú yuàn

to remain in the hospital

留难liú nàn

to make sth difficult / to create obstacles

留题liú tí

extemporaneous thoughts noted down after a visit

留饭liú fàn

to put some food aside for sb / to invite sb to stay for a meal / invitation to dinner

留饮liú yǐn

(TCM) edema / dropsy

留余地liú yú dì

to leave room to maneuver / to leave a margin for error

留驻liú zhù

to keep stationed (of troops) / to remain as a garrison

留鸟liú niǎo

nonmigratory bird

保留价bǎo liú jià

reserve price (in an auction) / (economics) reservation price

保留剧目bǎo liú jù mù

repertory / repertoire / repertory item

保留区bǎo liú qū

reservation (for an ethnic minority)

停薪留职tíng xīn liú zhí

leave of absence without pay

刑事拘留xíng shì jū liú

to detain as criminal / criminal detention

剃发留辫tì fà liú biàn

to shave the head but keep the queue

勾留gōu liú

to stay / to stop over / to break one's journey

半保留复制bàn bǎo liú fù zhì

semiconservative replication

吸留xī liú

to absorb / to take in and retain

女大不中留nǚ dà bù zhōng liú

when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)

存留cún liú

remaining / extant

居留证jū liú zhèng

residence permit

弥留之际mí liú zhī jì

on one's deathbed / at the point of death

手下留情shǒu xià liú qíng

lit. start off leniently (idiom) / please do not be too strict with me / Do not judge me too harshly. / Look favorably on my humble efforts.

提留tí liú

to withdraw (money) and retain it

收留所shōu liú suǒ

shelter / refuge

毫无保留háo wú bǎo liú

to hold nothing back / without reservation

永久居留权yǒng jiǔ jū liú quán

permanent residency

永久居留证yǒng jiǔ jū liú zhèng

permanent residency permit

淹留yān liú

to stay for a long period

滞留锋zhì liú fēng

stationary front (meteorology)

潴留zhū liú

retention (medicine)

王不留行wáng bù liú xíng

cowherb (Vaccaria segetalis) / cowherb seeds (used in TCM)

羁留jī liú

to stay / to detain

自留地zì liú dì

private plot allocated to an individual on a collective farm

自留山zì liú shān

hilly land allotted for private use

行政拘留xíng zhèng jū liú

to incarcerate sb for a violation of administrative law, typically for 10 days or less / administrative detention

话到嘴边留三分huà dào zuǐ biān liú sān fēn

A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)

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