你為什麼不留下來一會兒？

Why don't you stay a little while?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=1 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
2 為什麼 wèishénme
  1. why?
  2. for what reason?
3 不留 bùliú
  1. to not care about; to not indulge in
  2. to not keep someone; to not urge someone to stay
  3. to not retain
  4. to not stay
=4 下來 xiàlai
  1. to come down
  2. (completed action marker)
  3. (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
  4. (indicates continuation from the past towards us)
  5. to be harvested (of crops)
  6. to be over (of a period of time)
  7. to go among the masses (said of leaders)
=4 下來 xiàlái
  1. (used after a verb) down (toward oneself, or figuratively)
  2. down (toward oneself, or figuratively)
  3. to come down
5 一會兒 yīhuìr
  1. a moment
  2. a while
  3. in a moment
  4. now...now...
  5. also pr. yīhuǐr