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役

(of military personnel or athletes) to retire in Chinese: 退役 (tuì yì)

tuì yì

(of military personnel or athletes) to retire

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1(of military personnel or athletes) to retire
  2. 2(of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned

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退
役

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄨㄟˋ

tuì

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄧˋ

yì

ㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 这名老将军去年正式退役了。

    zhè míng lǎo jiàng jūn qù nián zhèng shì tuì yì le。

    This old general officially retired last year.

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Related words

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

退票

tuì piào

to bounce (a check)

辞退

cí tuì

to dismiss

后退

hòu tuì

to recoil

衰退

shuāi tuì

to decline

退回

tuì huí

to return (an item)

退却

tuì què

to retreat

退让

tuì ràng

to move aside

退缩

tuì suō

to shrink back

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