倒退
dào tuì
Pinyin

Definition

倒退
 - 
dào tuì
  1. to fall back
  2. to go in reverse

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

倒
dǎo
  1. 1 to fall
  2. 2 to collapse
  3. 3 to lie horizontally
  4. 4 to overthrow
  5. 5 to fail
  6. 6 to go bankrupt
  7. 7 to change (trains or buses)
  8. 8 to move around
  9. 9 to resell at a profit
倒霉
dǎo méi
  1. 1 to have bad luck
  2. 2 to be out of luck
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)
一边倒
yī biān dǎo
  1. 1 to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side
  2. 2 to support unconditionally

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
倒悬之危
dào xuán zhī wēi
  1. 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
倒悬之急
dào xuán zhī jí
  1. 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ
  1. 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
倒打一耙
dào dǎ yī pá
  1. 1 lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack
  2. 2 to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)

Sample Sentences

是啊，一旦开战，中美两国将蒙受重大损失，经济倒退几十年，会让别的国家坐享渔人之利，这么简单的道理谁都会明白的。
shì a ，yīdàn kāizhàn ，Zhōng Měi liǎngguó jiāng mēngshòu zhòngdà sǔnshī ，jīngjì dàotuì jǐshínián ，huì ràng biéde guójiā zuòxiǎngyúrénzhīlì ，zhème jiǎndān de dàolǐ shéidōu huì míngbai de 。
Yeah, as soon as any war were to break out, China and the US would both sustain heavy losses. Their economies would lose several years' progress, and other countries would step in to take advantage of the conflict. That is pretty clear to everyone, no?
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哎呀，老先生，这不是社会的倒退嘛！
āiyā ，lǎoxiānsheng ，zhè bùshì shèhuì de dàotuì ma ！
Agh! Sir, this is society regressing!
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