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Definitions
- 1. to retreat; to withdraw
- 2. to reject; to return (sth)
- 3. to decline
Example Sentences
1 shown退 后。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 退
a way out
to break off an engagement
to advance or retreat
to withdraw from the fray and live in seclusion
to retire from the military, sport etc
veteran
to recede
(of a mobile app) to crash on startup
annealing (metallurgy)
to guarantee refund or replacement (of faulty or unsatisfactory goods)
study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind
to beat back
to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate
melatonin
to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time)
to fall back
shut-out, container or consigment not carried on the intended vessel or aircraft
to withdraw to the second line of duty
to settle for second best
to retire (from society, esp. from politics)
to hinder
progress seems like regress (the Book of Dao 道德經|道德经[dào dé jīng], Chpt. 41)
to revert (computing)
to decommission
to move aside
to be delisted (of a listed stock)
to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
(after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)
to withdraw
tax rebate or refund
degenerative
to degenerate
to retreat in defeat
lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom)
fast-rewind (media player)
lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
restoring agricultural land to forest
without a retreat route
to escape unscathed; to get through in one piece
(of a tide) to ebb or go out
to retreat and defend
to exchange (a purchased item)
to withdraw from an election
to retire
to recoil
to lapse (or terminate) an insurance
to ebb
to try to persuade sb to give up (their job, plans etc)
to drive back (attackers)
to do less well than before
to retreat again and again in defeat
to leave the hospital
Retreat and Reflection Garden in Tongli, Jiangsu
to shrink back
to return (an item)
to thaw (frozen food)
see 養老金雙軌制|养老金双轨制[yǎng lǎo jīn shuāng guǐ zhì]
to retire from office
to bounce (a check)
to withdraw
to send away
to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
to guarantee refund (for faulty or unsatisfactory goods)
to dismiss from a post
to have no alternative (idiom)
to pull out of the competition
better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
to return a product for another item
to return merchandise
to leave a place where some event is taking place
to retire
to wane
assumed name of Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛[sūn zhū] (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[táng shī sān bǎi shǒu]
to cancel (a booking)
to dismiss
see 一推六二五[yī tuī liù èr wǔ]
to ask for leave to withdraw
to beat back
to quit school
to reject (visa application etc)
lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom)
to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom)
to retreat
to withdraw from a group
to retreat and scatter
to stand back
to be discharged from military service
to demote
to refund
backspace (keyboard)
withdrawal from the Communist Party, the Communist Youth League, and the Young Pioneers of China
to abdicate
retirement pension
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
to decline
to reduce fever
retirement pay
to refund money
to reduce fever
to retreat
to check out of a hotel room
Veterans' Day
(economic) recession
contented
antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
to divert water
to absent oneself from a meeting
like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
consultant who breaks up sb's extramarital relationship for a fee
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); at a loss
to subside
recession (in economics)
to withdraw from a political party
to make restitution
to retire from the courtroom
to leave in the middle of the play
to eject (media player)
free to come and go (idiom)
to dismiss (from a post)
not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety