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

恬退 tián tuì contented; uninterested in wealth and glory
打退 dǎ tuì to beat back; to repel; to repulse
擊退 jī tuì to beat back; to repel
敗退 bài tuì to retreat in defeat
斥退 chì tuì to dismiss (from a post); to expel from school; to order away (servants etc)
減退 jiǎn tuì to ebb; to go down; to decline
无路可退 wú lù kě tuì without a retreat route; caught in a dead end; having burned one's bridges
無路可退 wú lù kě tuì without a retreat route; caught in a dead end; having burned one's bridges
知難而退 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
节节败退 jié jié bài tuì to retreat again and again in defeat; to suffer defeat after defeat
節節敗退 jié jié bài tuì to retreat again and again in defeat; to suffer defeat after defeat
经济衰退 jīng jì shuāi tuì (economic) recession
經濟衰退 jīng jì shuāi tuì (economic) recession
临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 lín yuān xiàn yú ， bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom); one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網 lín yuān xiàn yú ， bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom); one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
临阵退缩 lín zhèn tuì suō to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom); to get cold feet
臨陣退縮 lín zhèn tuì suō to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom); to get cold feet
蘅塘退士 héng táng tuì shì assumed name of Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛[Sun1 Zhu1] (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[Tang2 shi1 San1 bai3 Shou3]
衰退期 shuāi tuì qī recession (in economics)
辭退 cí tuì to dismiss; to discharge; to fire
退下 tuì xià to retire; to withdraw; to retreat; to step down
退下金 tuì xià jīn retirement pension
退件 tuì jiàn to reject (visa application etc); (commerce) to return to sender; item returned to sender
退任 tuì rèn to retire; to leave one's position
退伍軍人 tuì wǔ jūn rén veteran
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