退 tuì
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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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
verb
for a planet to move with apparent retrograde motion
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '退' 1f, p. 462) -
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) -
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) -
adjective
obsolete
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '退' 3, p. 462) -
verb
to retire; to resign
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 退休 'retire' (Guoyu '退' v 5) -
verb
to shed; to cast off
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 脫去 (Guoyu '退' v 7) -
verb
parihāṇi; to regress; to degenerate
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: See 退轉 (FGDB '退轉'; Kroll 2015 '退' 1e, p. 462) -
verb
retreat; apakram
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: apakram, Japanese: tai, or: ton (BCSD '退', p. 1147; MW 'apakram'; SH '退', p. 340; Unihan '退')
Contained in
- 不退法轮(不退法輪) the non-regressing dharma wheel
- 不退转法轮(不退轉法輪) irreversible wheel of dharma
- 退居和尚 Former Abbot
- 不退转经(不退轉經) Avaivartika Sutra
- 不退信心 non-regressing faith
- 三种退屈(三種退屈) three regressions; three kinds of regression
- 退倒三千 fall back three thousand li
- 参退(參退) after evening assembly
- 退一步天高地阔 让三分心平气和(退一步天高地闊 讓三分心平氣和) If you take a step back, you will see a much bigger world; If you compromise but a little, you will feel greater peace.
- 不退转(不退轉) never regress or change ; avaivartika; non-retrogression
- 退居 to retreat ; Retired Abbot
- 永不退 forever not to regress
Also contained in
早退 、 斥退 、 退党 、 退色 、 退款 、 退格键 、 退学 、 全身而退 、 闪退 、 回退 、 击退 、 功成身退 、 退黑激素 、 退回 、 进退维谷 、 退关 、 退潮 、 退让 、 撤退 、 进退 、 退耕还林 、 引退 、 退热 、 退场 、 中途退场 、 经济衰退 、 逆水行舟，不进则退 、 知难而退 、 退下 、 退缩 、 退行 、 进退不得 、 渐次后退 、 退伍军人 、 退步 、 退钱 、 退思园 、 退缴 、 退休
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Avoiding Misfortune Caused by the Seven Planets (Qi Yao Rang Zai Jue) 七曜攘災決 — count: 479
- Scroll 33 Abhidharmavibhāṣāśāstra (Apitan Pi Po Sha Lun) 阿毘曇毘婆沙論 — count: 227
- Scroll 61 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 221
- Scroll 25 Notes on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論記 — count: 156
- Scroll 33 Abhidharmakośaśāstrakārikāvibhāṣya (Apidamo Cang Xian Zong Lun) 阿毘達磨藏顯宗論 — count: 139
- Scroll 62 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 129
- Scroll 25 Commentary on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論疏 — count: 127
- Scroll 70 Abhidharmanyāyānusāraśāstra (Apidamo Shun Zheng Lilun) 阿毘達磨順正理論 — count: 111
- Scroll 68 Abhidharmanyāyānusāraśāstra (Apidamo Shun Zheng Lilun) 阿毘達磨順正理論 — count: 108
- Scroll 32 Abhidharmavibhāṣāśāstra (Apitan Pi Po Sha Lun) 阿毘曇毘婆沙論 — count: 96
Collocations
- 退住 (退住) 退住一面 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 3 — count: 75
- 令退 (令退) 忍不令退 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 23 — count: 38
- 退法 (退法) 一退法 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 9 — count: 25
- 退减 (退減) 令其心退減 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 22
- 退走 (退走) 即退走 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 14
- 顶法退 (頂法退) 若汝從如來復問頂法及頂法退者 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 8
- 不衰退 (不衰退) 律則不衰退 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 8
- 退具 (退具) 唯行無所有處相應念想本退具 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 46 — count: 7
- 自在退 (自在退) 此天得自在退彼天 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 59 — count: 6
- 阿须伦退 (阿須倫退) 阿須倫退 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 4