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To leave behind in Chinese: 留下 (liú xià)

liú xià

to leave behind

HSK 3.0 Level 21 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to leave behind
  2. 2to stay behind
  3. 3to remain
  4. 4to keep
  5. 5not to let (sb) go

Stroke order

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留
下

Zhuyin

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ㄌㄧㄡˊ

liú

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

ㄒㄧㄚˋ

xià

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 他给我留下了一封信。

    tā gěi wǒ liú xià le yì fēng xìn。

    He left a letter behind for me.

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Related words

下

xià

down

留

liú

to leave (a message etc)

下午

xià wǔ

afternoon

下雨

xià yǔ

to rain

留学

liú xué

to study abroad

保留

bǎo liú

to keep

下载

xià zǎi

to download

楼下

lóu xià

downstairs

下班

xià bān

to finish work

下边

xià bian

under

下车

xià chē

to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)

下次

xià cì

next time

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