Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 退

to retreat; to withdraw
to reject; to return (sth)
to decline

to abdicate

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(of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned

to send away
to dismiss (servants etc)
to retire from public life

to guarantee refund (for faulty or unsatisfactory goods)

to stop leasing

(neologism c. 2007) (of an official) to retire completely from all leadership positions

(of a tide) to ebb or go out

to be discharged from military service

to reduce a fever

to return merchandise
to withdraw a product

to retire from the courtroom
to adjourn

fast-rewind (media player)

to ebb
to go down
to decline

to refund
refund

to drive back (attackers)

to do less well than before
to make a concession
setback
backward step
leeway
room to maneuver
fallback

shut-out, container or consigment not carried on the intended vessel or aircraft

to absent oneself from a meeting
to decline to attend

to check out of a hotel room

to retire
to leave one's position

to decline
to fall
to drop
to falter
a decline
recession (in economics)

to refund money

to leave a place where some event is taking place
(of an actor) to exit
(sports) to leave the field
(of an audience) to leave

to demote
to dismiss

to retreat in defeat

contented
uninterested in wealth and glory

annealing (metallurgy)

to divert water
to drain

to retreat and defend
to withdraw and maintain one's guard

to retreat and scatter
to recede; to wane

to dismiss (from a post)
to expel from school
to order away (servants etc)

to retreat

to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time)
to retire early (from one's job)

to return (an item)
to send back
to go back

to reject (visa application etc)
(commerce) to return to sender
item returned to sender

to withdraw from a group

to withdraw

to retire from office
to resign

to retire
to withdraw
to retreat
to step down

to eject (media player)

to cancel (a booking)
to unsubscribe (from a newsletter etc)

to make restitution

to beat back
to repel

to move aside
to get out of the way
to back down
to concede

to degenerate
atrophy

to pull out of the competition

tax rebate or refund

to retire (from society, esp. from politics)
to vanish

to fall back
to go in reverse

to exchange (a purchased item)

to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat

to beat back
to repel
to repulse

to reduce a fever

to thaw (frozen food)
to bring to room temperature

to revert (computing)
to return (a package or letter) to the sender

to advance or retreat
knowing when to come and when to leave
a sense of propriety

to withdraw from an election
to drop out of an elective course

to bounce (a check)
to return a ticket
ticket refund

(of a mobile app) to crash on startup
to crash

to break off an engagement

withdrawal from the Communist Party, the Communist Youth League, and the Young Pioneers of China

to quit school

to stand back
to go back (in time)
to yield
to make concessions

to retreat
to shrink back

variant of 褪色 (tuìsè)
also pr. (tuìshǎi)

to leave the hospital
(old) (of a monk) to leave the monastery

to withdraw from the fray and live in seclusion
to retire

to try to persuade sb to give up (their job, plans etc)

to lapse (or terminate) an insurance

to return (sth borrowed etc); to send back; to refund; to rebate

to withdraw from a political party

to dismiss
to discharge
to fire

to dismiss from a post

to be delisted (of a listed stock)
to exit the market

to withdraw
to abort
to quit
to log out (computing)

a way out
a way to retreat
leeway

to wane
to vanish gradually

to hinder progress

to recede
to degenerate
to regress

to shrink back; to cower

to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement

to subside

to petition for retirement (old)
to ask for leave to withdraw
to ask to be excused

degenerative
retrograde

retirement pay
pension

to guarantee refund or replacement (of faulty or unsatisfactory goods)

Retreat and Reflection Garden in Tongli, Jiangsu

backspace (keyboard)

retirement pension

to return a product for another item

antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)

recession (in economics)

tuìchūyùnxíng

to decommission

jiéjiébàituì

to retreat again and again in defeat
to suffer defeat after defeat

jìntuìyǒucháng

to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible

Héngtáng Tuìshì

assumed name of Sun Zhu 孫誅／孙诛 ( Sūn Zhū) (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首／唐诗三百首 ( Tángshī Sānbǎi Shǒu)

jìntuìshījù

no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); at a loss
in a hopeless situation

tuìjū'èrxiàn

to withdraw to the second line of duty
to resign from a leading post (and assume an advisory post)

jìntuìwéinán

no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
trapped
in an impossible situation

duōtuìshǎobǔ

(after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)

jìntuìzhōngshéng

to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible

tuìgēnghuánlín

restoring agricultural land to forest

zhōngtútuìchǎng

to leave in the middle of the play
(fig.) to leave before the matter is concluded

tuìbì-sānshè

lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom)
fig. to shun; to assiduously avoid

quánshēn'értuì

to escape unscathed; to get through in one piece

dǎtuìtánggǔ

lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
fig. to give up
to turn tail

melatonin

línzhèntuìsuō

to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom)
to get cold feet

to have no alternative (idiom)

free to come and go (idiom)
to have room to maneuver

can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver
stalled
in a dilemma
stuck in a difficult position

jìndàoruòtuì

progress seems like regress (the Book of Dao 道德經／道德经 ( Dàodéjīng), Chpt. 41)

jīngjìshuāituì

(economic) recession

bùzhījìntuì

not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety

tuìwǔjūnrén

veteran

jìntuìliǎngnán

no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
trapped
in an impossible situation

jìntuìwéigǔ

no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
trapped
in an impossible situation

zhīnán'értuì

lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom)
fig. to back out of an awkward situation; to get out on finding out what it's really like

without a retreat route
caught in a dead end
having burned one's bridges

yītuìliù'èrwǔ

一退六二五

[一退六二五]

see 一推六二五 (yītuīliù'èrwǔ)

Tuìwǔ Jūnrénjié

退伍军人节

[退伍軍人節]

Veterans' Day

tuì'érqiúqícì

退而求其次

[退而求其次]

to settle for second best
the next best thing

xiǎosānquàntuìshī

小三劝退师

[小三勸退師]

consultant who breaks up sb's extramarital relationship for a fee

tuìxiūjīnshuāngguǐzhì

退休金双轨制

[退休金雙軌制]

see 養老金雙軌制／养老金双轨制 (yǎnglǎojīnshuāngguǐzhì)

nìshuǐxíngzhōu,bùjìnzétuì

逆水行舟，不进则退

[逆水行舟，不進則退]

like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)

xuérúnìshuǐxíngzhōu,bùjìnzétuì

学如逆水行舟，不进则退

[學如逆水行舟，不進則退]

study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind

línyuānxiànyú,bùrútuì'érjiéwǎng

临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网

[臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網]

better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)
one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim