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留守兒童 (lau4 sau2 ji4 tung4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

留守兒童 (lau4 sau2 ji4 tung4, liú shǒu ér tóng) — "left-behind children", rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant workers in distant urban areas, but cannot afford to keep the family with them

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 留低 (lau4 dai1) — stay (spoken)
• 留後手 (lau4 hau6 sau2) — allow for unforeseen circumstances
• 留案底 (lau4 on3 dai2) — criminal record filling
• 留產所 (lau4 caan2 so2) — maternity home
• 留番 (lau4 faan1) — (verb) keep; Maintain
• 留鬍鬚 (lau4 wu4 sou1) — (verb) to grow beard

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