The Chinese word 留住 is a compound verb formed by combining two individual characters, each with its own meaning, to create a more specific concept. The first character, 留 (liú), means "to retain", "to stay", or "to keep". The second character, 住 (zhù), primarily means "to live" or "to reside", but in this grammatical structure, it functions as a resultative complement, indicating a successful or settled outcome of the main verb. Therefore, 留 + 住 literally translates to "retain + settled", merging to convey the meaning "to keep (someone or something) from leaving", "to make stay", or "to hold onto", where the action of keeping is successfully accomplished.