wǎn
liú

common
verb

Meaning of 挽留

挽留 means to urge to stay; to persuade someone to remain; to retain. Pronounced wǎn liú.

  • to urge to stay; to persuade someone to remain; to retain

Definitions & Examples

Lǎo
bǎn
zài
sān
wǎn
liú
 
dàn
hái
shì
jué
dìng
zhí
 

The boss urged him repeatedly to stay, but he still decided to resign.

wǎn
liú
rén
zài
jiā
chī
wǎn
fàn
 

She did her best to persuade the guests to stay for dinner at home.

Jǐn
guǎn
péng
you
men
wǎn
liú
 
hái
shì
shàng
le
guī
 

Despite his friends' earnest efforts to make him stay, he still set out on his journey home.

Gōng
yīng
gāi
xiǎng
bàn
wǎn
liú
yōu
xiù
de
rén
cái
 

The company should find ways to retain excellent talent.

Wǎn
liú
zhù
 
zhǐ
hǎo
ràng
zǒu
le
 

Unable to persuade him to stay, we had no choice but to let him go.