liú​zhù

ask to stay

留住 liú​zhù
ask to stay verb
to ask or persuade someone to stay or not leave

He wanted to resign, but the boss did everything possible to make him stay.

await verb
to wait for (classical usage)

The company offers excellent benefits and has successfully retained many talented individuals.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
4.95 per million appears in 2% of films

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CH