保留 bǎo liú to keepto retainto have reservations (about sth)to hold back (from saying sth)to put aside for later Example sentences 我把你的东西都保留在箱子里了。 wǒ bǎ nǐ de dōngxī dōu bǎoliú zài xiāngzi lǐle. I kept all your stuff in the box