留下 – vocab dash

留下liúxià

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Meanings

1. to leave behind

2. to stay behind

3. to remain

4. to keep

5. not to let (sb) go

Characters used

留to stay 下below

Examples30

除了chúle他们tāmen，每个měige人rén都dōu留下liúxià了le。

Everyone left except them.

不要bùyào留下liúxià我wǒ一个yīge人rén！

Don't leave me by myself!

我wǒ留下liúxià来lái可以kěyǐ吗ma？

Would it be OK if I stayed behind?

一些yīxiē学生xuésheng留下liúxià了le。

Some students stayed behind.

他tā建议jiànyì我们wǒmen留下liúxià。

He suggested to us that we should stay.

你nǐ为什么wèishénme留下liúxià？

Why did you stay?