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To recoil in Chinese: 后退 (hòu tuì)

hòu tuì

to recoil

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 後退1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to recoil
  2. 2to draw back
  3. 3to fall back
  4. 4to retreat

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ㄏㄡˋ

hòu

ㄏ/ hㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

ㄊㄨㄟˋ

tuì

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

后退

Simplified

後退

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 遇到困难时不要后退。

    yù dào kùn nán shí bú yào hòu tuì。

    Do not back down when you run into difficulties.

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Related words

退

tuì

to retreat

后

hòu

empress

后面

hòu mian

the back

然后

rán hòu

then

以后

yǐ hòu

after

后悔

hòu huǐ

to regret

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

最后

zuì hòu

final

后果

hòu guǒ

consequences

皇后

huáng hòu

empress

落后

luò hòu

to fall behind

退步

tuì bù

to do less well than before

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