吸留
xī liú
Pinyin

Definition

吸留
 - 
xī liú
  1. to absorb
  2. to take in and retain

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
吸引
xī yǐn
  1. 1 to attract (interest, investment etc)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
吸引力
xī yǐn lì
  1. 1 attractive force (such as gravitation)
  2. 2 sex appeal
  3. 3 attractiveness
吸收
xī shōu
  1. 1 to absorb
  2. 2 to assimilate
  3. 3 to ingest
  4. 4 to recruit
呼吸
hū xī
  1. 1 to breathe
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
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
吸
xī
  1. 1 to breathe
  2. 2 to suck in
  3. 3 to absorb
  4. 4 to inhale
吸入
xī rù
  1. 1 to breathe in
  2. 2 to suck in
  3. 3 to inhale
吸取
xī qǔ
  1. 1 to absorb
  2. 2 to draw (a lesson, insight etc)
  3. 3 to assimilate
吸尘器
xī chén qì
  1. 1 vacuum cleaner
  2. 2 dust catcher
吸毒
xī dú
  1. 1 to take drugs
吸气
xī qì
  1. 1 to inhale
  2. 2 to draw in breath
吸烟
xī yān
  1. 1 to smoke
吸管
xī guǎn
  1. 1 (drinking) straw
  2. 2 pipette
  3. 3 eyedropper
  4. 4 snorkel
  5. 5 CL:支[zhī]
吸血
xī xiě
  1. 1 to suck blood
吸血鬼
xī xuè guǐ
  1. 1 leech
  2. 2 bloodsucking vermin
  3. 3 vampire (translated European notion)
  4. 4 fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers

Idioms (4)

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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