停薪留职
tíng xīn liú zhí
Pinyin

Definition

停薪留职
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tíng xīn liú zhí
  1. leave of absence without pay

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

留
liú
  1. 1 old variant of 留[liú]
停
tíng
  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to halt
  3. 3 to park (a car)
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
不停
bù tíng
  1. 1 incessant
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
停下
tíng xià
  1. 1 to stop
停住
tíng zhù
  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to halt
  3. 3 to cease
停摆
tíng bǎi
  1. 1 (of a pendulum) to stop swinging
  2. 2 (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt
  3. 3 to be suspended
  4. 4 to be canceled
  5. 5 shutdown
  6. 6 (sports) lockout
停机
tíng jī
  1. 1 (of a machine) to stop
  2. 2 to shut down
  3. 3 to park a plane
  4. 4 to finish shooting (a TV program etc)
  5. 5 to suspend a phone line
  6. 6 (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit
停歇
tíng xiē
  1. 1 to stop for a rest
停止
tíng zhǐ
  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to halt
  3. 3 to cease
停留
tíng liú
  1. 1 to stay somewhere temporarily
  2. 2 to stop over
停车
tíng chē
  1. 1 to pull up (stop one's vehicle)
  2. 2 to park
  3. 3 (of a machine) to stop working
  4. 4 to stall
停车场
tíng chē chǎng
  1. 1 parking lot
  2. 2 car park
停电
tíng diàn
  1. 1 to have a power failure
  2. 2 power cut
停靠
tíng kào
  1. 1 to call at
  2. 2 to stop at
  3. 3 berth
停顿
tíng dùn
  1. 1 to halt
  2. 2 to break off
  3. 3 pause (in speech)
加薪
jiā xīn
  1. 1 to raise salary
去留
qù liú
  1. 1 going or staying
年薪
nián xīn
  1. 1 annual salary

Idioms (13)

停滞不前
tíng zhì bù qián
  1. 1 stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant
  2. 2 in a rut
  3. 3 at a standstill
厝火积薪
cuò huǒ jī xīn
  1. 1 lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hidden danger
  3. 3 imminent danger
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.
抱薪救火
bào xīn jiù huǒ
  1. 1 lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
救焚益薪
jiù fén yì xīn
  1. 1 add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse
  2. 2 to add fuel to the fire
曲突徙薪
qū tū xǐ xīn
  1. 1 lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take preventive measures
杯水车薪
bēi shuǐ chē xīn
  1. 1 lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
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.
卧薪尝胆
wò xīn cháng dǎn
  1. 1 lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gōu Jiàn]), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge
卧薪尝胆
wò xīn cháng dǎn
  1. 1 lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge
薪火相传
xīn huǒ xiāng chuán
  1. 1 lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another
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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