退 退 tui4
to retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw

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败退 敗退 bai4 tui4
to retreat in defeat

包退 包退 bao1 tui4
to guarantee refund (for faulty or unsatisfactory goods)

包退换 包退換 bao1 tui4 huan4
to guarantee refund or replacement (of faulty or unsatisfactory goods)

屏退 屏退 bing3 tui4
to send away; to dismiss (servants etc); to retire from public life

不知进退 不知進退 bu4 zhi1 jin4 tui4
not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety

撤退 撤退 che4 tui4
to retreat

斥退 斥退 chi4 tui4
to dismiss (from a post); to expel from school; to order away (servants etc)

黜退 黜退 chu4 tui4
to demote; to dismiss

辞退 辭退 ci2 tui4
to dismiss; to discharge; to fire

促退 促退 cu4 tui4
to hinder; to prevent (forward progress)

打退堂鼓 打退堂鼓 da2 tui4 tang2 gu3
lit. to beat the return drum (idiom); fig. to give up; to turn tail

打退 打退 da3 tui4
to beat back; to repel; to repulse

倒退 倒退 dao4 tui4
to fall back; to go in reverse

多退少补 多退少補 duo1 tui4 shao3 bu3
to either refund an overcharge or ask for a surcharge in case of a price change

告退 告退 gao4 tui4
to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused

革退 革退 ge2 tui4
to dismiss from a post

蘅塘退士 蘅塘退士 heng2 tang2 tui4 shi4
assumed name of Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛 (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three hundred Tang dynasty poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首

后退 後退 hou4 tui4
to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat

击退 擊退 ji1 tui4
to beat back; to repel

减退 減退 jian3 tui4
to ebb; to go down; to decline

进道若退 進道若退 jin4 dao4 ruo4 tui4
entering the Way, you seem to coil back (Laozi 老子, the Book of Dao 道德经, Chap. 14); progress in the Dao can seem illusory

进退 進退 jin4 tui4
to advance or retreat; knowing when to come and when to leave; a sense of propriety

进退不得 進退不得 jin4 tui4 bu4 de2
can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver; stalled; in a dilemma; stuck in a difficult position

进退两难 進退兩難 jin4 tui4 liang3 nan2
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation

进退失据 進退失據 jin4 tui4 shi1 ju4
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); at a loss; in a hopeless situation

进退维谷 進退維谷 jin4 tui4 wei2 gu3
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation

进退为难 進退為難 jin4 tui4 wei2 nan2
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation

进退无路 進退無路 jin4 tui4 wu2 lu4
to have no alternative (idiom)

进退有常 進退有常 jin4 tui4 you3 chang2
to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible

进退中绳 進退中繩 jin4 tui4 zhong1 sheng2
to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible

进退自如 進退自如 jin4 tui4 zi4 ru2
free to come and go (idiom); to have room to maneuver

经济衰退 經濟衰退 jing1 ji4 shuai1 tui4
(economic) recession

快退 快退 kuai4 tui4
fast-rewind (media player)

临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网 臨淵羨魚,不如退而結網 lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 - bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3
better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom); one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim

临阵退缩 臨陣退縮 lin2 zhen4 tui4 suo1
to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom); to get cold feet

逆水行舟,不进则退 逆水行舟,不進則退 ni4 shui3 xing2 zhou1 - bu4 jin4 ze2 tui4
like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)

全身而退 全身而退 quan2 shen1 er2 tui4
to escape unscathed; to get through in one piece

三退 三退 san1 tui4
withdrawal from the Communist Party, the Communist Youth League, and the Young Pioneers of China

闪退 閃退 shan3 tui4
(of a mobile app) to crash on startup; to crash

衰退 衰退 shuai1 tui4
to decline; to fall; to drop; to falter; a decline; recession (in economics)

衰退期 衰退期 shuai1 tui4 qi1
recession (in economics)

恬退 恬退 tian2 tui4
contented; uninterested in wealth and glory

退保 退保 tui4 bao3
to lapse (or terminate) an insurance

退避 退避 tui4 bi4
to withdraw

退避三舍 退避三捨 tui4 bi4 san1 she4
lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength; a strategic withdrawal

退冰 退冰 tui4 bing1
to thaw (frozen food); to bring to room temperature

退步 退步 tui4 bu4
to do less well than before; to make a concession; setback; backward step; leeway; room to maneuver; fallback

退场 退場 tui4 chang3
to leave a place where some event is taking place; (of an actor) to exit; (sports) to leave the field; (of an audience) to leave

退潮 退潮 tui4 chao2
(of a tide) to ebb or go out

退出 退出 tui4 chu1
to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing)

退出运行 退出運行 tui4 chu1 yun4 xing2
to decommission

退党 退黨 tui4 dang3
to withdraw from a political party

退订 退訂 tui4 ding4
to cancel (a booking); to unsubscribe (from a newsletter etc)

退而求其次 退而求其次 tui4 er2 qiu2 qi2 ci4
to settle for second best; the next best thing

退房 退房 tui4 fang2
to check out of a hotel room

退格键 退格鍵 tui4 ge2 jian4
backspace (keyboard)

退耕还林 退耕還林 tui4 geng1 huan2 lin2
restoring agricultural land to forest

退关 退關 tui4 guan1
shut-out, container or consigment not carried on the intended vessel or aircraft

退黑激素 退黑激素 tui4 hei1 ji1 su4
melatonin

退化 退化 tui4 hua4
to degenerate; atrophy

退还 退還 tui4 huan2
to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate

退换 退換 tui4 huan4
to replace a purchase; to exchange a purchase

退换货 退換貨 tui4 huan4 huo4
to return a product for another item

退回 退回 tui4 hui2
to return (an item); to send back; to go back

退火 退火 tui4 huo3
annealing (metallurgy)

退货 退貨 tui4 huo4
to return merchandise; to withdraw a product

退件 退件 tui4 jian4
to reject (visa application etc); (commerce) to return to sender; item returned to sender

退缴 退繳 tui4 jiao3
to make restitution

退居二线 退居二線 tui4 ju1 er4 xian4
to withdraw to the second line of duty; to resign from a leading post (and assume an advisory post)

退款 退款 tui4 kuan3
to refund; refund

退路 退路 tui4 lu4
a way out; a way to retreat; leeway

退落 退落 tui4 luo4
to subside

退片 退片 tui4 pian4
to eject (media player)

退票 退票 tui4 piao4
to bounce (a check); to return a ticket; ticket refund

退钱 退錢 tui4 qian2
to refund money

退却 退卻 tui4 que4
to retreat; to shrink back

退让 退讓 tui4 rang4
to move aside; to get out of the way; to back down; to concede

退热 退熱 tui4 re4
to reduce fever

退任 退任 tui4 ren4
to retire; to leave one's position

退色 退色 tui4 se4
variant of 褪色; also pr.

退烧 退燒 tui4 shao1
to reduce fever

退烧药 退燒藥 tui4 shao1 yao4
antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)

退守 退守 tui4 shou3
to retreat and defend; to withdraw and maintain one's guard

退水 退水 tui4 shui3
to divert water; to drain

退税 退稅 tui4 shui4
tax rebate or refund

退思园 退思園 tui4 si1 yuan2
The Retreat and Reflection Garden in Tongli, Jiangsu

退缩 退縮 tui4 suo1
to shrink back; to cower

退庭 退庭 tui4 ting2
to retire from the courtroom; to adjourn

退位 退位 tui4 wei4
to abdicate

退伍 退伍 tui4 wu3
to be discharged from military service

退伍军人 退伍軍人 tui4 wu3 jun1 ren2
veteran

退伍军人节 退伍軍人節 tui4 wu3 jun1 ren2 jie2
Veterans' Day

退席 退席 tui4 xi2
to absent oneself from a meeting; to decline to attend

退下 退下 tui4 xia4
to retire; to withdraw; to retreat; to step down

退下金 退下金 tui4 xia4 jin1
retirement pension

退行 退行 tui4 xing2
to recede; to degenerate; to regress

退行性 退行性 tui4 xing2 xing4
degenerative; retrograde

退休 退休 tui4 xiu1
to retire; retirement (from work)

退休金 退休金 tui4 xiu1 jin1
retirement pay; pension

退休金双轨制 退休金雙軌制 tui4 xiu1 jin1 shuang1 gui3 zhi4
see 養老金雙軌制|养老金双轨制

退学 退學 tui4 xue2
to quit school

退役 退役 tui4 yi4
to retire from the military, sport etc; to demobilize; to decommission; retired from use

退院 退院 tui4 yuan4
to leave the hospital; (old) (of a monk) to leave the monastery

无路可退 無路可退 wu2 lu4 ke3 tui4
without a retreat route; caught in a dead end; having burned one's bridges

消退 消退 xiao1 tui4
to wane; to vanish gradually

学如逆水行舟,不进则退 學如逆水行舟,不進則退 xue2 ru2 ni4 shui3 xing2 zhou1 - bu4 jin4 ze2 tui4
Study is like rowing upstream: no advance is to drop back

一退六二五 一退六二五 yi1 tui4 liu4 er4 wu3
lit. 1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule); fig. to deny responsibility; to pass the buck; also written 一推六二五

隐退 隱退 yin3 tui4
to retire (from society, esp. from politics); to vanish

引退 引退 yin3 tui4
to retire from office; to resign

早退 早退 zao3 tui4
early retirement; to leave a meeting too early

知难而退 知難而退 zhi1 nan2 er2 tui4
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

中途退场 中途退場 zhong1 tu2 tui4 chang3
to leave in the middle of the play; (fig.) to leave before the matter is concluded

逐退 逐退 zhu2 tui4
repulse