吸留
xī liú
Pinyin

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

liú
  1. 1 old variant of 留[liú]
tíng liú
  1. 1 to stay somewhere temporarily
  2. 2 to stop over
xī yǐn
  1. 1 to attract (interest, investment etc)
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
xī yǐn lì
  1. 1 attractive force (such as gravitation)
  2. 2 sex appeal
  3. 3 attractiveness
xī shōu
  1. 1 to absorb
  2. 2 to assimilate
  3. 3 to ingest
  4. 4 to recruit

Idioms (4)

女大不中留
nǚ 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)