退冰
tuì bīng
Pinyin

Definition

退冰
 - 
tuì bīng
  1. to thaw (frozen food)
  2. to bring to room temperature

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

冰
bīng
  1. 1 ice
  2. 2 CL:塊|块[kuài]
  3. 3 to chill sth
  4. 4 (of an object or substance) to feel cold
  5. 5 (of a person) cold
  6. 6 unfriendly
  7. 7 (slang) methamphetamine
冰冷
bīng lěng
  1. 1 ice-cold
冰山
bīng shān
  1. 1 iceberg
  2. 2 CL:座[zuò]
冰淇淋
bīng qí lín
  1. 1 ice cream
冰箱
bīng xiāng
  1. 1 icebox
  2. 2 freezer cabinet
  3. 3 refrigerator
  4. 4 CL:臺|台[tái],個|个[gè]
退
tuì
  1. 1 to retreat
  2. 2 to decline
  3. 3 to move back
  4. 4 to withdraw
退出
tuì chū
  1. 1 to withdraw
  2. 2 to abort
  3. 3 to quit
  4. 4 to log out (computing)
倒退
dào tuì
  1. 1 to fall back
  2. 2 to go in reverse
冰冻
bīng dòng
  1. 1 to freeze
冰块
bīng kuài
  1. 1 ice cube
  2. 2 ice chunk
冰天雪地
bīng tiān xuě dì
  1. 1 a world of ice and snow
冰封
bīng fēng
  1. 1 to freeze over
  2. 2 to ice over
  3. 3 icebound
  4. 4 to shelve (a proposal etc)
冰岛
Bīng dǎo
  1. 1 Iceland
冰川
bīng chuān
  1. 1 glacier
冰心
Bīng Xīn
  1. 1 Bing Xin (1900-1999), female poet and children's writer
冰棍
bīng gùn
  1. 1 popsicle
  2. 2 ice lolly
  3. 3 CL:根[gēn]
冰水
bīng shuǐ
  1. 1 iced water
冰河
bīng hé
  1. 1 glacier
冰凉
bīng liáng
  1. 1 ice-cold
冰激凌
bīng jī líng
  1. 1 ice cream

Idioms (20)

不知进退
bù zhī jìn tuì
  1. 1 not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
  1. 1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
  1. 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
  2. 2 flawless person
冰清玉洁
bīng qīng yù jié
  1. 1 clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless
  2. 2 irreproachable
  3. 3 incorruptible
冰炭不言，冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
冰雪聪明
bīng xuě cōng ming
  1. 1 exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
冷若冰霜
lěng ruò bīng shuāng
  1. 1 as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner
  2. 2 frigid
冷语冰人
lěng yǔ bīng rén
  1. 1 to offend people with unkind remarks (idiom)
夏虫不可以语冰
xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng
  1. 1 a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
如履薄冰
rú lu:3 bó bīng
  1. 1 lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be extremely cautious
  3. 3 to be skating on thin ice
打退堂鼓
dǎ tuì táng gǔ
  1. 1 lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to give up
  3. 3 to turn tail
涣然冰释
huàn rán bīng shì
  1. 1 to melt away (idiom)
  2. 2 to dissipate
  3. 3 to vanish
玉洁冰清
yù jié bīng qīng
  1. 1 clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless
  2. 2 irreproachable
  3. 3 incorruptible
知难而退
zhī nán ér tuì
  1. 1 to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back out of an awkward situation
  2. 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. 1 better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)
  2. 2 one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
临阵退缩
lín zhèn tuì suō
  1. 1 to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom)
  2. 2 to get cold feet
虎尾春冰
hǔ wěi chūn bīng
  1. 1 lit. like stepping on a tiger's tail or spring ice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extremely dangerous situation
退避三舍
tuì bì sān shè
  1. 1 lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength
  2. 2 a strategic withdrawal
逆水行舟，不进则退
nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì
  1. 1 like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
进退不得
jìn tuì bù dé
  1. 1 can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver
  2. 2 stalled
  3. 3 in a dilemma
  4. 4 stuck in a difficult position

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