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遗留

yí liú

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 遺留

What 遗留 means

1. to leave behind
2. to hand down

The characters in 遗留

• 遗yí(bound form) to leave behind
• 留liúto leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay

Example sentences

• 我一定是把它遗留在巴士上了。
  Wǒ yīdìng shì bǎ tā yíliú zài bāshì shàng le.
  I must have left it on the bus.
• 据估计只有几百只遗留的熊猫，其中的少数圈养在中国和国外的动物园。
  Jùgūjì zhǐ yǒu jǐ bǎi zhǐ yíliú de xióngmāo, qízhōng de shǎoshù quān yǎng zài Zhōngguó hé guówài de dòngwùyuán.
  It is estimated that only a few hundred pandas remain, with a small number of them being raised in zoos in China and abroad.