留校
liú xiào
Pinyin

Definition

留校
 - 
liú xiào
  1. to join the faculty of one's alma mater upon graduation
  2. to remain at school during vacation

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
学校
xué xiào
  1. 1 school
  2. 2 classifier: 所 suǒ
校园
xiào yuán
  1. 1 campus
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

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

我打算留校了。
wǒ dǎsuàn liúxiào le 。
I'm planning to work at the school.
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可不是嘛，我的档案也跟着我一块儿留校了。
kěbushì ma ，wǒ de dàng\'àn yě gēn zhe wǒ yīkuàir liúxiào le 。
Exactly. My record and I will stay right here at the school.
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