留洋
liú yáng
Pinyin

Definition

留洋
 - 
liú yáng
  1. to study abroad (old term)
  2. same as 留學|留学

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

liú
  1. 1 old variant of 留[liú]
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
tíng liú
  1. 1 to stay somewhere temporarily
  2. 2 to stop over
yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 vast
  3. 3 foreign
  4. 4 silver dollar or coin
yáng cōng
  1. 1 onion (Allium cepa)
  2. 2 bulb onion

Idioms (15)

喜气洋洋
xǐ qì yáng yáng
  1. 1 full of joy (idiom); jubilation
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
  1. 1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
女大不中留
nǚ dà bù zhōng liú
  1. 1 when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
崇洋媚外
chóng yáng mèi wài
  1. 1 to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
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.