退
却

To retreat in Chinese: 退却 (tuì què)

tuì què

to retreat

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

Definitions

  1. 1to retreat
  2. 2to shrink back

Stroke order

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退
却

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄨㄟˋ

tuì

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄑㄩㄝˋ

què

ㄑ/ qㄩ/ üㄝ/ êˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

退却

Simplified

退卻

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 面对困难，我们绝不退却。

    miàn duì kùn nán， wǒ men jué bú tuì què。

    In the face of difficulties, we will never retreat.

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Related words

却

què

but

退

tuì

to retreat

退步

tuì bù

to do less well than before

退休

tuì xiū

to retire (from the workforce)

退出

tuì chū

to withdraw

却是

què shì

nevertheless

退票

tuì piào

to bounce (a check)

辞退

cí tuì

to dismiss

后退

hòu tuì

to recoil

了却

liǎo què

to resolve

衰退

shuāi tuì

to decline

退回

tuì huí

to return (an item)

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