退 tuì

step back, retreat, withdraw

HSK 5 #723

DEFINITIONS

  • step back, retreat, withdraw
  • to retreat
  • to decline
  • to move back
  • to withdraw

STROKES

WORDS

进退 jìn tuì to advance or retreat; knowing when to come and when to leave; a sense of propriety
退让 tuì ràng to move aside; to get out of the way; to back down; to concede
打退堂鼓 dǎ tuì táng gǔ lit. to beat the return drum (idiom); fig. to give up; to turn tail
减退 jiǎn tuì to ebb; to go down; to decline
退却 tuì què to retreat; to shrink back
隐退 yǐn tuì to retire (from society, esp. from politics); to vanish
退票 tuì piào to bounce (a check); to return a ticket; ticket refund
告退 gào tuì to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused
退位 tuì wèi to abdicate
早退 zǎo tuì to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time); to retire early (from one's job)
退烧 tuì shāo to reduce fever
退税 tuì shuì tax rebate or refund
引退 yǐn tuì to retire from office; to resign
退席 tuì xí to absent oneself from a meeting; to decline to attend
进退维谷 jìn tuì wéi gǔ no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation
退避三舍 tuì bì sān shè lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength; a strategic withdrawal
退潮 tuì cháo (of a tide) to ebb or go out
知难而退 zhī nán ér tuì to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back out of an awkward situation; to get out on finding out what it's really like
退居二线 tuì jū èr xiàn to withdraw to the second line of duty; to resign from a leading post (and assume an advisory post)
退烧药 tuì shāo yào antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
退色 tuì sè variant of 褪色[tui4 se4]; also pr. [tui4 shai3]
退避 tuì bì to withdraw
败退 bài tuì to retreat in defeat
退换 tuì huàn to replace a purchase; to exchange a purchase
劝退 quàn tuì to try to persuade sb to give up (their job, plans etc)
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