扣留
kòuliú
verbHSK 7-9
“To detain sb” in Chinese is 扣留 (kòuliú).
Meaning
- to detain sb; to hold sb against their will
- to withhold (property, documents, funds etc)
Example
警方扣留了一辆汽车。
Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).
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