遗 yí
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 贵 expensive, costly
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
遗留
yíliú
to leave behind; remaining from the past
Characters in this word
留 liú
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 田 — field, farm, arable land
- Made of
- 卯 4th terrestrial branch 田 field, farm, arable land
Example phrases
- 这场纠纷并非偶然，而是多年产权不清所遗留的问题。 Zhè chǎng jiūfēn bìngfēi ǒurán, ér shì duōnián chǎnquán bù qīng suǒ yíliú de wèntí. This dispute is not accidental; it is a problem left behind by years of unclear property rights.
- 老人去世后遗留的房子由两个儿子平分。 Lǎorén qùshì hòu yíliú de fángzi yóu liǎng gè érzi píngfēn. The house the old man left behind after his death was split equally between his two sons.
- 处理完前人遗留的难题，公司终于走上正轨。 Chǔlǐ wán qiánrén yíliú de nántí, gōngsī zhōngyú zǒu shàng zhèngguǐ. Having dealt with the problems left by their predecessors, the company finally got on track.
Related words
- 遗产 yíchǎn inheritance; heritage
- 遗传 yíchuán heredity; to be inherited
- 遗址 yízhǐ ruins, historical site
- 后遗症 hòuyízhèng after-effect; sequela
- 遗漏 yílòu to omit; to leave out
- 遗弃 yíqì to abandon; to desert
- 遗失 yíshī to lose; to mislay
- 遗体 yítǐ remains; body of the deceased
- 遗忘 yíwàng to forget; to be forgotten
- 遗物 yíwù relic; belongings left behind
- 遗嘱 yízhǔ will; testament
- 留 liú to stay; to leave behind