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挽留

Mandarin · pinyin wǎn liú

to urge to stay
to detain

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挽: wǎn · pull; pull back, draw back
留: liú · stop, halt; stay, detain, keep

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3–2 · wan3 liu2

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waan5 lau4

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verb

to urge someone to stay

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