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  *退* | 退* | *退
to retreat; to withdraw / to reject; to return (sth) / to decline
HSK 3
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  *卻* | 卻* | *卻
but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless / even though
HSK 4
to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
HSK 7-9
to return to / to retreat / regression (statistics)
HSK 7-9
to retreat / to shrink back
HSK 7-9
to advance or retreat / knowing when to come and when to leave / a sense of propriety
lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats
military dependents' village (community established in Taiwan for Nationalist soldiers and their dependents after the KMT retreated from the mainland in 1949)
to retreat
Long March (retreat of the Red Army 1934-1935)
to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted / half-baked
rivers and lakes / all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde / (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
escape route / retreat route / communication lines to the rear / alternative course of action / room for maneuver
to pull back (an army) / to retreat
a way out / a way to retreat / leeway
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
to follow up a victory and press home the attack / to pursue retreating enemy
lit. 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
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
(idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle; to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger; to find a way to emerge from a dire situation
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); at a loss / in a hopeless situation
to hide / to retreat into privacy
to beat a gong / to sound the retreat
lit. the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom) / fig. the pot calls the kettle black
to retreat again and again in defeat / to suffer defeat after defeat
to follow up a victory / to pursue retreating enemy
(idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽, who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
Couple's Retreat Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu
to withdraw troops / to retreat
to retreat / to withdraw troops / to recall troops / fig. to finish work / to wind up / to call it a day / used with negatives: the task is far from over
lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom) / fig. to shun; to assiduously avoid
to retreat and defend / to withdraw and maintain one's guard
to retreat in defeat
to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat / to egg people on or to call them back
to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
(idiom, from Book of Songs) unable to advance or retreat
to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
to retire / to withdraw / to retreat / to step down
to retreat and scatter / to recede; to wane
to withdraw / to leave / to retreat / to pull out
Retreat and Reflection Garden in Tongli, Jiangsu
lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom) / fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, then strike hard
to retreat into; to draw back into / (typography) to indent
16-character formula, esp. Mao Zedong's mantra on guerrilla warfare: 敵進我退敵駐我擾敵疲我打敵退我追|敌进我退敌驻我扰敌疲我打敌退我追 when the enemy advances we retreat; when the enemy makes camp we harass; when the enemy is exhausted we fight; and when the enemy retreats we pursue
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
to withdraw troops / to retreat
to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat / to egg people on or to call them back
without a retreat route / caught in a dead end / having burned one's bridges
to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted / half-baked
can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver / stalled / in a dilemma / stuck in a difficult position
to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat


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