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促退
cù tuì
Pinyin
Definition
促退
-
cù tuì
to hinder
to prevent (forward progress)
Character Decomposition
促
亻
足
退
辶
艮
Related Words
(20)
促
cù
1
urgent
2
hurried
3
to urge
4
to promote
5
to urge haste
6
close
7
intimate
促进
cù jìn
1
to promote (an idea or cause)
2
to advance
3
boost
促销
cù xiāo
1
to promote sales
退
tuì
1
to retreat
2
to decline
3
to move back
4
to withdraw
退出
tuì chū
1
to withdraw
2
to abort
3
to quit
4
to log out (computing)
促使
cù shǐ
1
to induce
2
to promote
3
to urge
4
to impel
5
to bring about
6
to provoke
7
to drive (sb to do sth)
8
to catalyze
9
to actuate
10
to contribute to (some development)
促成
cù chéng
1
to facilitate
2
to effect
仓促
cāng cù
1
all of a sudden
2
hurriedly
倒退
dào tuì
1
to fall back
2
to go in reverse
催促
cuī cù
1
to urge
后退
hòu tuì
1
to recoil
2
to draw back
3
to fall back
4
to retreat
急促
jí cù
1
urgent
2
hurried and brief
3
rushing
撤退
chè tuì
1
to retreat
早退
zǎo tuì
1
to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time)
2
to retire early (from one's job)
消退
xiāo tuì
1
to wane
2
to vanish gradually
减退
jiǎn tuì
1
to ebb
2
to go down
3
to decline
督促
dū cù
1
to supervise and urge completion of a task
2
to urge on
衰退
shuāi tuì
1
to decline
2
to fall
3
to drop
4
to falter
5
a decline
6
recession (in economics)
退下
tuì xià
1
to retire
2
to withdraw
3
to retreat
4
to step down
退伍
tuì wǔ
1
to be discharged from military service
Idioms
(18)
不知进退
bù zhī jìn tuì
1
not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety
促膝谈心
cù xī tán xīn
1
to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom)
局促一隅
jú cù yī yú
1
to be cramped in a corner (idiom)
打退堂鼓
dǎ tuì táng gǔ
1
lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
2
fig. to give up
3
to turn tail
知难而退
zhī nán ér tuì
1
to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back out of an awkward situation
2
to get out on finding out what it's really like
临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网
lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng
1
better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)
2
one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
临阵退缩
lín zhèn tuì suō
1
to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom)
2
to get cold feet
退避三舍
tuì bì sān shè
1
lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength
2
a strategic withdrawal
逆水行舟，不进则退
nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì
1
like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
进退不得
jìn tuì bù dé
1
can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver
2
stalled
3
in a dilemma
4
stuck in a difficult position
进退中绳
jìn tuì zhōng shéng
1
to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
进退两难
jìn tuì liǎng nán
1
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
2
trapped
3
in an impossible situation
进退失据
jìn tuì shī jù
1
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); at a loss
2
in a hopeless situation
进退有常
jìn tuì yǒu cháng
1
to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
进退为难
jìn tuì wéi nán
1
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
2
trapped
3
in an impossible situation
进退无路
jìn tuì wú lù
1
to have no alternative (idiom)
进退维谷
jìn tuì wéi gǔ
1
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
2
trapped
3
in an impossible situation
进退自如
jìn tuì zì rú
1
free to come and go (idiom)
2
to have room to maneuver
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