1 old variant of 留[liú]

1 to stay somewhere temporarily

2 to stop over

1 to leave behind

2 to stay behind

3 to remain

4 to keep

5 not to let (sb) go

1 to keep

2 to retain

3 to have reservations (about sth)

4 to hold back (from saying sth)

5 to put aside for later

1 going or staying

1 to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis

1 when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)

1 lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me

2 Do not judge me too harshly.

3 Look favorably on my humble efforts.

1 While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.

1 A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)