留洋
liú yáng
Pinyin

Definition

留洋
 - 
liú yáng
  1. to study abroad (old term)
  2. same as 留學|留学

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

留
liú
  1. 1 old variant of 留[liú]
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
停留
tíng liú
  1. 1 to stay somewhere temporarily
  2. 2 to stop over
洋
yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 vast
  3. 3 foreign
  4. 4 silver dollar or coin
洋葱
yáng cōng
  1. 1 onion (Allium cepa)
  2. 2 bulb onion
海洋
hǎi yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
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
留言
liú yán
  1. 1 to leave a message
  2. 2 to leave one's comments
  3. 3 message
南洋
Nán yáng
  1. 1 Southeast Asia
  2. 2 South seas
去留
qù liú
  1. 1 going or staying
喜气洋洋
xǐ qì yáng yáng
  1. 1 full of joy (idiom); jubilation
喜洋洋
xǐ yáng yáng
  1. 1 radiant with joy
大洋
dà yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 (old) silver dollar
大西洋
Dà xī yáng
  1. 1 Atlantic Ocean
太平洋
Tài píng Yáng
  1. 1 Pacific Ocean
懒洋洋
lǎn yāng yāng
  1. 1 lazily
拘留
jū liú
  1. 1 to detain (a prisoner)
  2. 2 to keep sb in custody
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

Idioms (15)

喜气洋洋
xǐ qì yáng yáng
  1. 1 full of joy (idiom); jubilation
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
  1. 1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
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)
崇洋媚外
chóng yáng mèi wài
  1. 1 to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
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.
望洋兴叹
wàng yáng xīng tàn
  1. 1 lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
洋场恶少
yáng chǎng è shào
  1. 1 city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)
洋洋大篇
yáng yáng dà piān
  1. 1 lit. an ocean of writing
  2. 2 an impressive literary work (idiom)
洋洋得意
yáng yáng dé yì
  1. 1 immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 proud
  3. 3 complacent
洋洋洒洒
yáng yáng sǎ sǎ
  1. 1 voluminous
  2. 2 flowing (of speeches, articles etc) (idiom)
洋洋自得
yáng yáng zì dé
  1. 1 immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 proud
  3. 3 complacent
洋腔洋调
yáng qiāng yáng diào
  1. 1 to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
热情洋溢
rè qíng yáng yì
  1. 1 brimming with enthusiasm (idiom); full of warmth
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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