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留恋

liú liàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 留戀

留恋 (liú liàn) means "reluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 留恋 means

1. reluctant to leave
2. to hate to have to go
3. to recall fondly

The characters in 留恋

• 留liúto leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay
• 恋liànto feel attached to; to long for; to love

Example sentences

• 你一定要活在当下，不能总是留恋过去。
  Nǐ yīdìngyào huó zài dāngxià, bù néng zǒngshì liúliàn guòqù.
  You must live in the present, not in the past.

Where 留恋 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · liū–lōu (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read liú liàn correctly.
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