留下
liúxià
to leave behind
Every meaning
liúxià
- to leave behind
- to stay; to remain
- to keep
In a sentence
他走的时候留下了一封信。
He left a letter behind when he went.
Written by Claude and checked by our reader.
In the Library
故事的最后，他只留下一句话：庄周和蝴蝶之间，一定是有区别的，这就叫做“物化”。
庄周梦蝶 · Zhuangzi’s butterfly dream, and what it means · HSK 5
问题是，汉朝留下的书里，几乎找不到“豆腐”这两个字。
小周留下蓝的，小林把黄的系在伞把上。
Its characters
Words with 留
Words with 下
Meanings are from Mandarin The Wild’s own dictionary. Levels follow the official HSK word list (the exam’s 2025 syllabus, levels 7–9 shown together).