bǎo liú

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保留 (bǎo liú) is a Chinese word meaning “to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about sth)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to keep
  2. 2to retain
  3. 3to have reservations (about sth)
  4. 4to hold back (from saying sth)
  5. 5to put aside for later
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 保留

保bǎo · to defend; to protect; to keep留liú · to leave (a message etc)

Related words

留to leave (a message etc)留old variant of 留[liu2]留old variant of 留[liu2]保证guarantee保护to protect保持to keep留下to leave behind确保to ensure; to guarantee保险insurance留言to leave a message; to leave one's comments保安to ensure public security保安Bonan ethnic group

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