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保留

bǎo liú
HSK 3

English Meaning

to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about sth); to hold back (from saying sth); to put aside for later

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
你这只手我替你保留几天
HSK 5 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“I will spare your hand for now, but if you cross me, you lose it.”

1. PREVIOUS

是在情人峰山腰

“was halfway up Lover's Peak.”

“I'll let you keep this hand for a few days.”

3. NEXT

谢谢 叔

“Thank you, sir.”

《有罪之身》 · crisis_and_conflict
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我们店里的销售记录啊 最多只保留五年
HSK 5 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“I want to help, but legally and practically, the old data you want doesn't exist anymore.”

1. PREVIOUS

警察查案 不是我不想帮你

“Police investigation. It's not that I won't help.”

“Our store's sales records are kept for five years at most.”

3. NEXT

1997年那会儿还是纸质文档 早就集中销毁了

“Back in 1997, they were still paper files. They were destroyed long ago.”

《黑夜告白》 · legal_and_police
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老姚都把这些U盘保留在 广旗银行的保险柜里
HSK 5 00:03
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1. PREVIOUS

有他们交易的录像 还有他们金融往来的记录

“videos of their deals and records of their financial transactions.”

“Yao kept all those USB drives in a safe-deposit box at Guangqi Bank.”

3. NEXT

每次有新的证据 老姚都会放在那儿

“Whenever we got new evidence, he'd put it there.”

《钢铁森林》 · legal_and_police
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