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留下

liú xià

HSK 2 · word 843 of 3,000

Meaning

• to leave behind
• to stay behind
• to remain

Example sentence

Characters in 留下

• 留 liú to leave (a message etc)
• 下 xià down

留 to remain plus 下, marking something settling in place. Leaving something behind, or staying put oneself.

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