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Character Decomposition
退=辶+艮
Etymology
walk
Meanings
to retreat; to withdraw
to reject; to return (sth)
to decline
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Words with 退 436 total
to petition for retirement (old) · to ask for leave to withdraw · to ask to be excused告退gào tuìto retreat撤退chè tuìto hinder progress促退cù tuìto fall back · to go in reverse倒退dào tuìto dismiss · to discharge · to fire辞退cí tuìto ebb · to go down · to decline减退jiǎn tuìto decline · to fall · to drop · to falter · a decline · recession (in economics)衰退shuāi tuìto send away · to dismiss (servants etc) · to retire from public life屏退bǐng tuì
Idioms with 退 91 total Chain
move forward, or you'll fall behind不进则退bù jìn zé tuìnot knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety不知进退bù zhī jìn tuìlit. to beat the return drum (idiom) · fig. to give up · to turn tail打退堂鼓dǎ tuì táng gǔresolutely retire at the height of one's official career · make a quick retreat before a crisis急流勇退jí liú yǒng tuì
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