留都
liú dū
Pinyin

Definition

留都
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liú dū
  1. the old capital (after a move)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

都
Dū
  1. 1 surname Du
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
成都
Chéng dū
  1. 1 Chengdu subprovincial city and capital of Sichuan province 四川 in southwest China
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
都市
dū shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 metropolis
首都
shǒu dū
  1. 1 capital (city)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
久留
jiǔ liú
  1. 1 to stay for a long time
京都
Jīng dū
  1. 1 Kyoto, Japan
京都府
Jīng dū fǔ
  1. 1 Kyōto prefecture in central Japan
全都
quán dōu
  1. 1 all
  2. 2 without exception
加德满都
Jiā dé mǎn dū
  1. 1 Kathmandu, capital of Nepal
勾留
gōu liú
  1. 1 to stay
  2. 2 to stop over
  3. 3 to break one's journey
去留
qù liú
  1. 1 going or staying
古都
gǔ dū
  1. 1 ancient capital
商都
Shāng dū
  1. 1 Shangdu county in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia
国都
guó dū
  1. 1 national capital

Idioms (8)

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.
手心手背都是肉
shǒu xīn shǒu bèi dōu shì ròu
  1. 1 lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to both be of equal importance
  3. 3 to value both equally
林子大了，什么鸟都有
lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu
  1. 1 it takes all sorts (to make a world) (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.
脸都绿了
liǎn dōu lu:4 le
  1. 1 green in the face (idiom)
  2. 2 to look unwell
话到嘴边留三分
huà dào zuǐ biān liú sān fēn
  1. 1 A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)
黄花菜都凉了
huáng huā cài dōu liáng le
  1. 1 lit. the dishes are cold (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to arrive late
  3. 3 to take one's sweet time

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