Definition
留下 (liú xià) means 'to leave behind' — you deliberately leave something or someone in a place, or you stay behind yourself. It differs from 留 (liú), which is more general ('to keep, to stay'), and from 剩 (shèng), which means 'to be left over' as a remainder, not by choice.
verb
to leave (something/someone) behindto stay behindto remain
Examples
- 留下。Qǐng liú xia nǐ de dìzhǐ.Please leave your address.
- 留下。Tā gěi wǒ liú xia le hěn shēn de yìnxiàng.He left a deep impression on me.
- 留下。Māma liú xia le hěn duō shū.Mom left a lot of books.
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