退 tuì
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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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
tuì
verb
for a planet to move with apparent retrograde motion
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '退' 1f, p. 462) -
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) -
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) -
tuì
adjective
obsolete
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '退' 3, p. 462) -
tuì
verb
to retire; to resign
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 退休 'retire' (Guoyu '退' v 5) -
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)
Contained in
- 退热(退熱) to reduce fever
- 退学(退學) to quit school
- 退缴(退繳) to make restitution
- 退群 to withdraw from a group
- 不退 to not leave; to not go back ; not finished ; not waning
- 退订(退訂) to cancel (a booking); to unsubscribe (from a newsletter etc)
- 急流勇退 a rapidly flow of water requiring quick retreat
- 包退 to guarantee refund (for faulty or unsatisfactory goods)
- 半进半退(半進半退) half advancing and half retreating
- 退换货(退換貨) to return a product for another item
- 打退堂鼓 to beat the return drum; to give up; to turn tail
- 谦退(謙退) to humbly yield
- 退休 to retire
- 退守 to retreat and defend; to withdraw
- 退役 to retire from the military, sport etc; to demobilize; to decommission; retired from use
- 退货(退貨) to return merchandise; to withdraw a product
- 退冰 to thaw (frozen food); to bring to room temperature
- 无功者退(無功者退) to demote those with no merit
- 倒退 to fall back; to go in reverse ; to trace back
- 退件 to reject (visa application etc); (commerce) to return to sender; item returned to sender
- 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
- 退行 to recede; to degenerate; to regress
- 退党(退黨) to withdraw from a political party
- 进退不得(進退不得) can't advance or retreat; no room for maneuver; stalled; in a dilemma
- 早退 early retirement; to leave a meeting too early
- 学如逆水行舟,不进则退(學如逆水行舟,不進則退) Study is like rowing upstream: no advance is to drop back
- 退缩(退縮) to shrink back; to cower
- 退后(退後) to move backwards
- 退伍 to be discharged from military service
- 退居二线(退居二線) to withdraw to the second line of duty; to resign from a leading post (and assume an advisory post)
- 退保 to lapse (or terminate) an insurance
- 退位 to abdicate
- 临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网(臨淵羨魚,不如退而結網) better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish
- 退任 to retire; to leave one's position
- 退还(退還) to return
- 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
- 一退六二五 1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule); to deny responsibility; to pass the buck
- 退而求其次 to settle for second best; the next best thing
- 进道若退(進道若退) entering the Way, you seem to coil back
- 功成身退 retiring immediately after achievement
- 闪退(閃退) (of a mobile app) to crash on startup; to crash
- 经济衰退(經濟衰退) recession
- 促退 to oppose
- 败退(敗退) to retreat in defeat
- 退婚书(退婚書) divorce certificate
- 退色 to fade (of colors)
- 黜退 to demote; to dismiss
- 退票 to bounce (a check); to return a ticket; ticket refund
- 进退维谷(進退維谷) no room to advance or to retreat; without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation
- 劝退(勸退) to try to persuade somebody to give up (their job, plans etc)
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Truncated for common words
- 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
- 卷七十三 志第二十四: 祭祀二 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Offerings 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 33
- 卷三十六 志第十二 曆六 Volume 36 Treatises 12: Calendar 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 33
- 卷五十五 志第七: 曆四 Volume 55 Treatises 8: Calendar 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 32
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — 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: 21
- 退反 (退反) 文子退反哭 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 10
- 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: 8
- 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
- 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
- 正退 (正退) 司正退立于序端 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 5