bǎo​liú HSK3

to retain

保留 bǎo​liú
to retain verb
to keep; to continue to have or maintain in its original state
to reserve nounverb
to hold back or refrain from showing everything; to save for later
to set aside verb
to defer or put aside for the time being, such as rights or differing opinions

I personally have reservations about him.

to detain
(archaic) to take into custody; to detain for questioning

Frequency

Movie subtitles
26.8 per million appears in 11% of films
Written text
38.0 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3

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