留下来
liúxiàláiTraditional: 留下来
Translation
to stay behind, to remain
Word origin
A directional compound of 留 (liú, to stay, to keep), the result complement 下 (xià, down), and the direction marker 来 (lái, towards the speaker), together meaning to stay behind.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 留 (liú, to stay) + 下 (xià, down) + 来 (lái, towards speaker)
Stroke order
留
下
来
Examples
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Everyone left, only he stayed behind.
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Do you want to stay for dinner tonight?
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She decided to stay and look after her mother.
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Keeping these photos is very meaningful as a memento.
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Please keep the ticket.
留下来 (liú xià lái) means to stay behind or to remain in a place after others have gone, and can also mean to keep an object. The directional complement 下来 adds the sense of something settling in place.
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