jū​liú HSK7

to detain

拘留 jū​liú
to detain verb
To take someone into custody or intern them; to hold someone for investigation

I was detained for several hours at the police station.

detention
A form of short-term administrative or judicial punishment involving confinement, typically lasting 15 to 30 days

Frequency

Movie subtitles
11.9 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
8.77 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7

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