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保留

bǎo liú

HSK 3 · word 1263 of 3,000

Meaning

• to keep
• to retain
• to have reservations (about sth)

Example sentence

Characters in 保留

• 保 bǎo to defend; to protect; to keep
• 留 liú to leave (a message etc)

保 to keep plus 留, to remain. Keeping something back, hence to retain or to reserve.

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