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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

遗留 [yíliú]
  1. 1. verb leave
    父亲去世后遗留了很多钱财。
    My father left a lot of money when he died.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

遗留 [yíliú]
  1. 1. leave over; hand down; remain
    草案中仍然遗留几个问题。
    There are still a few points to clear up in the draft.
    遗留的痕迹
    surviving traces

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

遗留 [yíliú]
  1. 1. 某种事物和现象继续保留下来
    罪犯作案时遗留下的指纹。
    解决历史遗留问题。

Examples

荡涤旧社会遗留下来的污泥浊水
clean up the filth left by the old society
草案中仍然遗留几个问题。
There are still a few points to clear up in the draft.
这间宿舍因遗留火种阴燃发生大火。
The dormitory building burned down when some smouldering cinders burst into flame.
男尊女卑是封建社会遗留下来的思想观念,它错误地认为男人比女人高贵。
The ideology of male domination, and female subordination is handed down from feudal society. It wrongly holds that males are nobler than females.
他家那个钱串子,是他爷爷遗留下来的。
The cash string of his family was left by his grandpa.
这些人防工程都是战争年代遗留下来的。
These air defense works were inherited from the war years.
遗留

Collocations

遗留问题
unsolved problems
遗留的真迹
the original work left behind
遗留下来
to leave
遗留后患
to leave some future troubles

Word Decomposition


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