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羁留

jī liú

2-character word Traditional 羈留

What 羁留 means

1. to stay
2. to detain

The characters in 羁留

• 羁jībridle; halter; to restrain
• 留liúto leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay

Sounds the same

Read jī liú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 激流torrent; torrential current; whitewater

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