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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

留后路 [liúhòulù]
  1. 1. verb leave a way out

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

留后路 [liúhòulù]
  1. 1. keep a way open for retreat; leave a way out
    给自己留条后路
    leave oneself a way out; leave oneself an option
    你话不能说的太绝,要给自己留后路啊。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

留后路 [liúhòulù]
  1. 1. 比喻为防万一,事前留下退路。

Examples

留辫子
wear one's hair in braids 辫子
留个底儿
keep a copy on file; duplicate and file (a letter, etc.)
发出的文件要留个底子。
Keep a copy of each document sent out. 底子
留地步
leave room for manoeuvre; have some leeway; give oneself elbowroom 地步
留后步
leave sufficient room for manoeuvre 后步
或去或留
go or stay 或…或…
新任首相得忙于收拾前任首相留下来的烂摊子。
The new prime minister will have a hard time clearing up the mess left by his predecessor. 烂摊子
你留着这点钱在路上零花吧!
Keep this money for incidental expenses on the way. 零花
她留着刘海。
She wears her hair in bangs. 刘海
你留在原地。
Stay where you are.

Word Decomposition


[liú]
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[hòu]
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[lù]

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