残余 (cán yú) — remnants; remains; vestiges

Definition

Examples

• 战争结束后，城市里还有大量残余需要清理。
  Zhàn zhēng jié shù hòu, chéng shì lǐ hái yǒu dà liàng cán yú xū yào qīng lǐ.
  After the war ended, there were still large amounts of remnants in the city that needed to be cleaned up.
• 旧制度的残余逐渐被新政策取代了。
  Jiù zhì dù de cán yú zhú jiàn bèi xīn zhèng cè qǔ dài le.
  The vestiges of the old system were gradually replaced by new policies.
• 这道菜里还残留着一些鱼骨的残余，吃起来要小心。
  Zhè dào cài lǐ hái cán liú zhe yì xiē yú gǔ de cán yú, chī qǐ lái yào xiǎo xīn.
  There are still some remnants of fish bones in this dish, so you have to be careful when eating it.