滞留 (zhì liú) — (of a person) to be stranded / to be stuck (somewhere); (of a substance) to linger / to remain (instead of dissipating)
Definition
滞留 (zhì liú) means to be stuck or stranded somewhere involuntarily, or (of a substance) to linger without dissipating. Stronger than 停留 (which is a neutral temporary stay) and more passive than 卡 (to get blocked).
verb
(of a person) to be stranded / to be stuck (somewhere)(of a substance) to linger / to remain (instead of dissipating)
Examples
- ，滞留。Tái fēng guò hòu, shàng qiān míng chéng kè zhì liú zài jī chǎng.After the typhoon, thousands of passengers were stranded at the airport.
- 滞留。Bào yǔ zào chéng dà liàng wū shuǐ zài dì miàn zhì liú.The heavy rain caused a large amount of sewage to linger on the ground.
- 滞留。Tā yīn háng bān qǔ xiāo zài shàng hǎi zhì liú le liǎng tiān.He was stuck in Shanghai for two days because his flight was canceled.
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