滞留 (zhì liú) — (of a person) to be stranded / to be stuck (somewhere); (of a substance) to linger / to remain (instead of dissipating)

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Exemplos

• 台风过后，上千名乘客滞留在机场。
  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.
• 暴雨造成大量污水在地面滞留。
  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.
• 他因航班取消在上海滞留了两天。
  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.