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
- 退还(退還) to return ; to return
- 不退轮(不退輪) the non-regressing dharma wheel
- 离欲退(離欲退) regression of one who is free from desire
- 永不退转(永不退轉) Never Regress
- 退失 parihāṇi; to regress; to degenerate
- 永不退票 No Returns ; Never go back on our promises
- 不退 to not leave; to not go back ; not finished ; not waning ; never regressing; avaivartika
- 倒退三千 fall back three thousand li
- 退坐 sit down
- 不退地 the ground of non-regression
- 无退(無退) avaivartika; non-retrogression
- 不退转(不退轉) never regress or change ; avaivartika; non-retrogression
- 莫得退还(莫得退還) do not return
- 身心清净方为道 退步原来是向前(身心清淨方為道 退步原來是向前) Purifying the body and mind is the Way; A step back is in fact a step forward.
Also contained in
全身而退 、 退率 、 劝退 、 退任 、 退步 、 斥退 、 隐退 、 退避 、 退隐 、 退水 、 败退 、 退换货 、 进退为难 、 促退 、 退冰 、 退税 、 退件 、 闪退 、 小三劝退师 、 节节败退 、 退休金 、 退庭 、 进退无路 、 三退 、 退婚书 、 撤退 、 进退失据 、 无路可退 、 退火 、 静退 、 退出 、 退休 、 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 、 退席 、 退路 、 临阵退缩 、 退伍
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 戒退 (戒退) 不捨戒退減 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 4