退耕还林
tuì gēng huán lín
Pinyin

Definition

退耕还林
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tuì gēng huán lín
  1. restoring agricultural land to forest

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

森林
sēn lín
  1. 1 forest
  2. 2 CL:片[piàn]
武林
wǔ lín
  1. 1 martial arts (social) circles
耕耘
gēng yún
  1. 1 plowing and weeding
  2. 2 farm work
  3. 3 fig. to work or study diligently
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
丛林
cóng lín
  1. 1 jungle
  2. 2 thicket
  3. 3 forest
  4. 4 Buddhist monastery
吉林
Jí lín
  1. 1 Jilin province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital 長春|长春
  2. 2 also Jilin prefecture-level city, Jilin province
吉林市
Jí lín shì
  1. 1 Jilin prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
吉林省
Jí lín Shěng
  1. 1 Jilin Province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital Changchun 長春|长春[Cháng chūn]
园林
yuán lín
  1. 1 gardens
  2. 2 park
  3. 3 landscape garden
奥林匹克
Ào lín pǐ kè
  1. 1 Olympic
奥林巴斯
Ào lín bā sī
  1. 1 Olympus, Japanese manufacturer of cameras and optical instruments
富兰克林
Fù lán kè lín
  1. 1 Franklin
  2. 2 Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), US Founding Father, scientist and author
  3. 3 surname Franklin
少林
Shào lín
  1. 1 the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school
少林寺
Shào lín Sì
  1. 1 Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
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
斯大林
Sī dà lín
  1. 1 Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator
早退
zǎo tuì
  1. 1 to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time)
  2. 2 to retire early (from one's job)

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
单丝不成线，独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín
  1. 1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
  1. 1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (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
杞梓之林
Qǐ zǐ zhī lín
  1. 1 forest of wolfberry and catalpa (Lycium chinense and Catalpa ovata, idiom); fig. great quantity of talent
林子大了，什么鸟都有
lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu
  1. 1 it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
独木不成林
dú mù bù chéng lín
  1. 1 a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)
  2. 2 one cannot accomplish much on one's own
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
耕当问奴
gēng dāng wèn nú
  1. 1 if it's plowing, ask the laborer (idiom); when managing a matter, consult the appropriate specialist
耕当问奴，织当访婢
gēng dāng wèn nú , zhī dāng fǎng bì
  1. 1 if it's plowing ask the laborer, if it's weaving ask the maid (idiom); when managing a matter, consult the appropriate specialist
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
言谈林薮
yán tán lín sǒu
  1. 1 articulate in speech (idiom)
  2. 2 eloquent
辛勤耕耘
xīn qín gēng yún
  1. 1 to make industrious and diligent efforts (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

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