留客 – vocab dash

留客liúkè

Meanings

1. to ask a guest to stay

2. to detain a guest

Characters used

Examples8

下雨xiàyǔ，天tiān留客liúkè；天tiān留liú我wǒ不bù留liú。

It’s raining. Heaven keeps the guests; Heaven may keep them, but I won’t!

下xià雨天yǔtiān留客liúkè天tiān留liú我wǒ不bù留liú。

On a rainy day, we keep guests; Heaven keeps you, but I won't.

下xià雨天yǔtiān，留客liúkè天tiān，留liú我wǒ不bù留liú？

Rainy day, a day for keeping guests. Will you keep me or not?

下xià雨天yǔtiān，留客liúkè天tiān，留liú我wǒ不bù？留liú。

Rainy day, a day for keeping guests. Will you keep me or not? Yes, I will.

下xià雨天yǔtiān，留客liúkè天tiān，留liú我wǒ？不bù留liú。

Rainy day, a day for keeping guests. Do you keep me? No.

下xià雨天yǔtiān留客liúkè，天tiān留liú我wǒ不bù？留liú。

On a rainy day, we keep guests. Does Heaven want to keep me or not? Yes, it does.