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扣留

kòu liú

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

扣留 (kòu liú) means "to detain; to arrest; to hold". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 扣留 means

1. to detain sb; to hold sb against their will
2. to withhold (property, documents, funds etc)

The characters in 扣留

• 扣kòuto fasten; to button; button
• 留liúto leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay

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