残留 (殘留)
cán liú
Pinyin

Definition

残留 (殘留)
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cán liú
  1. to remain
  2. left over
  3. surplus
  4. remnant

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

留
liú
  1. 1 old variant of 留[liú]
停留
tíng liú
  1. 1 to stay somewhere temporarily
  2. 2 to stop over
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
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
去留
qù liú
  1. 1 going or staying

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)

Sample Sentences

首先，有机蔬果不使用农药，少了化学残留，可以让人吃得放心，更可以减少土地的污染。
shǒuxiān ，yǒujī shūguǒ bù shǐyòng nóngyào ，shǎo le huàxué cánliú ，kěyǐ ràngrén chī de fàngxīn ，gèng kěyǐ jiǎnshǎo tǔdì de wūrǎn 。
First of all, organic vegetables don't make use of pesticides, so don't have chemical residues. So you can feel confident eating it, and you can reduce soil pollution.
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