逗留
dòu liú
Pinyin
Definition
逗留
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- to stay at
- to stop over
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 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 set aside for
- 1 to stay
- 2 to stop
- 3 to tease (play with)
- 4 amusing
- 5 short pause in reading aloud, equivalent to comma (also written 讀|读[dòu])
Idioms (4)
女大不中留
- 1 when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
手下留情
- 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.
留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
- 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
- 1 A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)