remain; leftover; the rest
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to remain; to be left over; surplus
informalUsed colloquially to indicate what remains after a portion has been used or allocated. Often functions as an attributive modifier (e.g., 下剩的人).
Liú留
wǔ五
gè个
rén人
dǎ打
cháng场
，
xià下
shèng剩
de的
rén人
wǎng往
dì地
lǐ里
sòng送
féi肥
liào料
。
Keep five people to thresh the grain, and send the remaining people to deliver fertilizer to the fields.
Zhè这
xiē些
qián钱
mǎi买
dōng东
xi西
yòng用
le了
yī一
xiē些
，
xià下
shèng剩
de的
cún存
yín银
háng行
le了
。
Some of this money was spent on shopping, and the rest was deposited in the bank.
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Quán全
bān班
sì四
shí十
rén人
，
shí十
gè个
qù去
kāi开
huì会
，
xià下
shèng剩
de的
liú留
zài在
jiào教
shì室
zì自
xí习
。
There are forty students in the class; ten went to a meeting, and the rest stayed in the classroom to study.