留 liú
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 田 — field, farm, arable land
- Made of
- 卯 4th terrestrial branch 田 field, farm, arable land
留恋
liúliàn
to be reluctant to leave; to be attached to
Characters in this word
恋 liàn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 毕业典礼结束后，学生们仍在礼堂外留恋许久，不愿立刻散去。 Bìyè diǎnlǐ jiéshù hòu, xuéshengmen réng zài lǐtáng wài liúliàn xǔjiǔ, bù yuàn lìkè sànqù. After the graduation ceremony ended, the students lingered outside the auditorium for a long time, reluctant to disperse at once.
- 离开家乡的时候，她回头看了好几次，非常留恋。 Líkāi jiāxiāng de shíhou, tā huí tóu kàn le hǎo jǐ cì, fēicháng liúliàn. When she left her hometown, she looked back several times, very reluctant to go.
- 老人对旧房子很留恋，不愿意搬到新小区去。 Lǎorén duì jiù fángzi hěn liúliàn, bú yuànyì bān dào xīn xiǎoqū qù. The old man is deeply attached to his old house and doesn't want to move to the new development.
Related words
- 留 liú to stay; to leave behind
- 留下 liúxià to stay behind; to leave behind
- 留学生 liúxuéshēng international student
- 保留 bǎoliú to keep; to save
- 留学 liúxué to study abroad
- 停留 tíngliú to stay; to stop briefly
- 残留 cánliú to remain; residue
- 逗留 dòuliú to stay; to stop over; to linger
- 拘留 jūliú to detain; detention
- 扣留 kòuliú to detain; to withhold
- 留念 liúniàn to keep as a souvenir; to take as a memento
- 留神 liúshén to take care; to watch out