留置
liú zhì
Pinyin

Definition

留置
 - 
liú zhì
  1. to leave in place
  2. to set aside (for further use)
  3. to retain
  4. to detain
  5. (medicine) indwelling

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

留
liú
  1. 1 old variant of 留[liú]
位置
wèi zhi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 place
  3. 3 seat
  4. 4 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
布置
bù zhì
  1. 1 to put in order
  2. 2 to arrange
  3. 3 to decorate
  4. 4 to fix up
  5. 5 to deploy
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
内置
nèi zhì
  1. 1 built-in
  2. 2 internal
安置
ān zhì
  1. 1 to find a place for
  2. 2 to help settle down
  3. 3 to arrange for
  4. 4 to get into bed
  5. 5 placement
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
放置
fàng zhì
  1. 1 to put
残留
cán liú
  1. 1 to remain
  2. 2 left over
  3. 3 surplus
  4. 4 remnant
滞留
zhì liú
  1. 1 to detain
  2. 2 retention
留住
liú zhù
  1. 1 to ask sb to stay
  2. 2 to keep sb for the night
  3. 3 to await (classical)
留作
liú zuò
  1. 1 to set aside for
  2. 2 to keep as
留存
liú cún
  1. 1 to keep
  2. 2 to preserve
  3. 3 extant
  4. 4 to remain (from the past)
留学
liú xué
  1. 1 to study abroad
留学生
liú xué shēng
  1. 1 student studying abroad
  2. 2 (foreign) exchange student
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
留守
liú shǒu
  1. 1 to stay behind to take care of things
留影
liú yǐng
  1. 1 to take a photo as a souvenir
  2. 2 a souvenir photo

Idioms (17)

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)
姑置勿论
gū zhì wù lùn
  1. 1 to put something aside for the time being (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.
推心置腹
tuī xīn zhì fù
  1. 1 to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom); sb has one's absolute confidence
  2. 2 to trust completely
  3. 3 to confide in sb with entire sincerity
措置裕如
cuò zhì yù rú
  1. 1 to handle easily (idiom); effortless
本末倒置
běn mò dào zhì
  1. 1 lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
  2. 2 to stress the incidental over the fundamental
  3. 3 to put the cart before the horse
漠然置之
mò rán zhì zhī
  1. 1 to set to one side and ignore (idiom); quite indifferent
  2. 2 cold and uncaring
无可置疑
wú kě zhì yí
  1. 1 cannot be doubted (idiom)
无容置疑
wú róng zhì yí
  1. 1 cannot be doubted (idiom)
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.
置之不问
zhì zhī bù wèn
  1. 1 to pass by without showing interest (idiom)
置之不理
zhì zhī bù lǐ
  1. 1 to pay no heed to (idiom)
  2. 2 to ignore
  3. 3 to brush aside
置之死地
zhì zhī sǐ dì
  1. 1 to place sb on field of death
  2. 2 to confront with mortal danger
  3. 3 to give sb no way out
  4. 4 with one's back to the wall
  5. 5 looking death in the eye
  6. 6 part of idiom 置之死地而後生|置之死地而后生
置之死地而后生
zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng
  1. 1 place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ]); to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger
  2. 2 fig. to find a way out of an impasse
置若罔闻
zhì ruò wǎng wén
  1. 1 to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear
置诸高阁
zhì zhū gāo gé
  1. 1 lit. place on a high shelf
  2. 2 to pay no attention to (idiom)
话到嘴边留三分
huà dào zuǐ biān liú sān fēn
  1. 1 A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)

Sample Sentences