退却

Traditional form:

退卻

Pinyin (reading):

tuìquè

Definitions:

• to retreat
• to shrink back

Characters:

• 退 - to retreat, to step back, to withdraw
• 却 - still, but; decline; retreat

Traditional characters:

• 退 - to retreat, to step back, to withdraw
• 卻 - still, but; decline; retreat