退 tuì

1. tuì verb to retreat; to move back
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 后退 (CC-CEDICT '退'; Guoyu '退' v 1; Kroll 2015 '退' 1, p. 462; Unihan '退'; XHZD '退' 1, p. 766)
2. tuì verb to decline; to recede; to fade
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 衰退 decline (CC-CEDICT '退'; Guoyu '退' v 8; Kroll 2015 '退' 1d, p. 462; XHZD '退' 4, p. 766)
3. tuì verb to yield; to concede; to politely decline
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 谦退 (Guoyu '退' v 3; Kroll 2015 '退' 1c, p. 462; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1259)
4. tuì verb to quit; to withdraw
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 离去; for example, 退婚 to break off an engagement (CC-CEDICT '退'; Guoyu '退' v 4; Kroll 2015 '退' 1a, p. 462; Unihan '退'; XHZD '退' 2, p. 766)
5. tuì verb to give back
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 归还; for example, 退货 return goods (Guoyu '退' v 9; XHZD '退' 3, p. 766)
6. tuì verb for a planet to move with apparent retrograde motion
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '退' 1f, p. 462)
7. tuì verb to recoil; to flinch
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 畏缩 (Guoyu '退' v 2; Kroll 2015 '退' 1b, p. 462)
8. tuì verb to dismiss [from a job]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 解除 (Guoyu '退' v 6; Kroll 2015 '退' 2, p. 462)
9. tuì adjective obsolete
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '退' 3, p. 462)
10. tuì verb to retire; to resign
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 退休 'retire' (Guoyu '退' v 5)
11. tuì verb to shed; to cast off
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 脫去 (Guoyu '退' v 7)

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• 小三劝退师(小三勸退師) mistress dispeller
• 退烧药(退燒藥) antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
• 退党(退黨) to withdraw from a political party
• 退水 to divert water; to drain
• 退场(退場) to leave; to exit
• 退烧(退燒) to reduce fever
• 不知进退(不知進退) not knowing when to come or leave; with no sense of propriety
• 告退 to petition for retirement; to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused
• 谦退(謙退) to humbly yield
• 退步 to go backwards ; to lag behind ; to lose ground ; to yield; to withdraw ; a back room ; to degenerate; to regress
• 包退换(包退換) to guarantee refund or replacement (of faulty or unsatisfactory goods)
• 渐次后退(漸次後退) retreated one by one
• 革退 to dismiss from a post
• 退格键(退格鍵) backspace
• 衰退期 recession (in economics)
• 无路可退(無路可退) without a retreat route; caught in a dead end; having burned one's bridges
• 打退堂鼓 to beat the return drum; to give up; to turn tail
• 退货(退貨) to return merchandise; to withdraw a product
• 退换(退換) to replace a purchase; to exchange a purchase
• 退冰 to thaw (frozen food); to bring to room temperature
• 知难而退(知難而退) to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat; to back out of an awkward situation
• 退伍军人节(退伍軍人節) Veterans' Day
• 打退 to beat back; to repel; to repulse
• 退休 to retire
• 退庭 to retire from the courtroom; to adjourn
• 退出 to withdraw; to abort; to quit
• 退院 to leave the hospital ; (of a monk) to leave the monastery
• 退下金 retirement pension
• 退婚 to break off an engagement [to marry]
• 退避三舍 to retreat three day's march; to give way in the face of superior strength; a strategic withdrawal ; to retreat three day's march; to give way in the face of superior strength; a strategic withdrawal
• 退热(退熱) to reduce fever
• 退件 to reject (visa application etc); (commerce) to return to sender; item returned to sender
• 衰退 to decline
• 退率 several progressively declining ratios
• 屏退 to send away; to dismiss (servants etc); to retire from public life
• 退钱(退錢) to refund money
• 进退自如(進退自如) free to come and go; to have room to maneuver
• 退却(退卻) to retreat; to shrink back
• 退税(退稅) tax rebate or refund
• 退潮 (of a tide) to ebb or go out
• 退路 a way out; a way to retreat; leeway
• 退守 to retreat and defend; to withdraw
• 退位 to abdicate
• 退让(退讓) to move aside; to get out of the way; to concede
• 退换货(退換貨) to return a product for another item
• 逆水行舟，不进则退(逆水行舟，不進則退) like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back
• 斥退 to dismiss (from a post); to expel from school; to order away (servants etc)
• 恬退 contented; uninterested in wealth and glory
• 促退 to oppose
• 进退两难(進退兩難) no room to advance or to retreat; without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation

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• 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 116
• 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 45
• 卷二十六 志第二 天文二 Volume 26 Treatises 2: Astronomy 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 42
• 卷三十六　志第十七:　禮九 國初即位儀 受尊號儀 元日聖誕上壽儀 朝參常朝儀 肆赦儀 臣下拜赦詔儀 Volume 36 Treatises 17: Rites 9 - Ceremonies for Succesion of the Throne; Ceremonies for Receiving Honorific Titles; New Year's Day Rituals; Participation in Regular Court Assemblies; Pardoning Ceremonies; Ceremonies for Pardoning by Officials with Imperial Decree History of Jin 金史 — count: 38
• 卷七十五 志第二十八 律曆八 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Measures and Calendar 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 36
• 卷七十六　志第二十七上: 祭祀五 Volume 76 Treatises 29: Offerings 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 35
• 卷三十六 志第十二 曆六 Volume 36 Treatises 12: Calendar 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 33
• 卷七十三　志第二十四: 　祭祀二 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Offerings 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 33
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 32
• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 32

Collocations

• 少退 (少退) 宰自右少退 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 19
• 退反 (退反) 文子退反哭 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 10
• 师退 (師退) 師退 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
• 退飞 (退飛) 六鷁退飛 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
• 请退 (請退) 康子請退 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 6
• 退曰 (退曰) 退曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 子退 (子退) 楚子退師 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 5
• 射退 (射退) 司射退 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 5
• 退立 (退立) 退立而不如受命 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《祭義》 The Meaning of Sacrifices — count: 5
• 退朝 (退朝) 癸酉退朝 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4