扣留

to detain / to arrest / to hold / to confiscate

Characters and words in 扣留

kòu = k + ou4

to fasten / to button / button / buckle / knot / to arrest / to confiscate / to deduct (money) / discount / to knock / to smash, spike or dunk (a ball) / to cover (with a bowl etc) / (fig.) to tag a label on sb / (Tw) (loanword) code

扣 = 口 + 扌 : Karl Marx (k) manufactures a new button (扣) out of a mandarin (口) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). He does so by grapping the mandarin tightly in one hand, and carving out the button out of the peel by rotating a toy claw (扌) around the mandarin with his other hand.

扣

釦

kòu = k + ou4

button

留

㽞

liú = li + ou2

old variant of 留[liu2]

留 = 卯 + 田 : Mnemonic symbol: an answering machine.

Li Qingzhao faces a field of answering machines that all have messages left for her in the outhouse's kitchen. As she is checking each machine for her messages, a mischievous rabbit is leaving even more messages for her when Li Qingzhao is not watching.

留

liú = li + ou2

to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve

留

畱

liú = li + ou2

old variant of 留[liu2]

Words with 扣留

扣留 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 扣留

扣留 currently does not appear in any sentence.