残存 — meaning in English

English meaning

• survival noun The act or fact of staying alive, especially through danger or difficulty.
• survive verb To stay alive, especially after facing danger, illness, or hardship.

Senses

残存 is used for these senses in English:

• survival (anthropology) A custom or belief that persists in folklore from earlier times, when the rationale behind it is forgotten.
• survive (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.

survival — full definition

1. noun The act or fact of staying alive, especially through danger or difficulty.
2. noun An old custom, belief, or practice that has lingered on even though people have forgotten why it started.

survive — full definition

1. verb To stay alive, especially after facing danger, illness, or hardship.
2. verb To continue to exist, especially after something might have destroyed it.
3. verb To live longer than someone else; to outlive them.

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