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留中不發

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	leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	not; no	to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop
trad. (留中不發)	留	中	不	發
simp. (留中不发)	留	中	不	发

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liúzhōngbùfā

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄨㄥㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ zung¹ bat¹ faat³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liúzhōngbùfā
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄨㄥㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lióujhongbùfa
  - Wade–Giles: liu²-chung¹-pu⁴-fa¹
  - Yale: lyóu-jūng-bù-fā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioujongbufa
  - Palladius: лючжунбуфа (ljučžunbufa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ fä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lau⁴ zung¹ bat¹ faat³
  - Yale: làuh jūng bāt faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ dzung¹ bat⁷ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ zung¹ bed¹ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ faːt̚³/

留中不發

(archaic) to shelve; to table; to postpone consideration
- 我看這道奏摺先留中不發。 [MSC, trad.]
  我看这道奏折先留中不发。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: The Firmament of the Pleiades
  Wǒ kàn zhè dào zòuzhé xiān liúzhōngbùfā. [Pinyin]
  I think this submitted petition shall first be kept for further consideration.