退席
tuì xí
Pinyin

Definition

退席
 - 
tuì xí
  1. to absent oneself from a meeting
  2. to decline to attend

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

主席
zhǔ xí
  1. 1 chairperson
  2. 2 premier
  3. 3 chairman
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
出席
chū xí
  1. 1 to attend
  2. 2 to participate
  3. 3 present
退
tuì
  1. 1 to retreat
  2. 2 to decline
  3. 3 to move back
  4. 4 to withdraw
退休
tuì xiū
  1. 1 to retire
  2. 2 retirement (from work)
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
全身而退
quán shēn ér tuì
  1. 1 to escape unscathed
  2. 2 to get through in one piece
副主席
fù zhǔ xí
  1. 1 vice-chairperson
宴席
yàn xí
  1. 1 banquet
  2. 2 feast
席
Xí
  1. 1 surname Xi
席位
xí wèi
  1. 1 a seat (in a theater, stadium etc)
  2. 2 parliamentary or congressional seat
席卷
xí juǎn
  1. 1 to engulf
  2. 2 to sweep
  3. 3 to carry away everything
后退
hòu tuì
  1. 1 to recoil
  2. 2 to draw back
  3. 3 to fall back
  4. 4 to retreat
撤退
chè tuì
  1. 1 to retreat
击退
jī tuì
  1. 1 to beat back
  2. 2 to repel
早退
zǎo tuì
  1. 1 to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time)
  2. 2 to retire early (from one's job)
毛主席
Máo Zhǔ xí
  1. 1 Chairman Mao
  2. 2 Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader
消退
xiāo tuì
  1. 1 to wane
  2. 2 to vanish gradually
减退
jiǎn tuì
  1. 1 to ebb
  2. 2 to go down
  3. 3 to decline
筵席
yán xí
  1. 1 banquet
  2. 2 mat for sitting

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
千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席
qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí
  1. 1 even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
天下没有不散的筵席
tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yán xí
  1. 1 all good things must come to an end (idiom)
席地而坐
xí dì ér zuò
  1. 1 to sit on the ground or the floor (idiom)
席地而睡
xí dì ér shuì
  1. 1 to sleep on the ground (idiom)
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
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
虚席以待
xū xí yǐ dài
  1. 1 to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)
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
进退中绳
jìn tuì zhōng shéng
  1. 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. 1 no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
  2. 2 trapped
  3. 3 in an impossible situation
进退失据
jìn tuì shī jù
  1. 1 no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); at a loss
  2. 2 in a hopeless situation
进退有常
jìn tuì yǒu cháng
  1. 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. 1 no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
  2. 2 trapped
  3. 3 in an impossible situation
进退无路
jìn tuì wú lù
  1. 1 to have no alternative (idiom)
进退维谷
jìn tuì wéi gǔ
  1. 1 no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
  2. 2 trapped
  3. 3 in an impossible situation

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