屏退
bǐng tuì
Pinyin

Definition

屏退
 - 
bǐng tuì
  1. to send away
  2. to dismiss (servants etc)
  3. to retire from public life

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shuā píng
  1. 1 flooding (on an Internet forum etc)
píng mù
  1. 1 screen (TV, computer or movie)
退
tuì
  1. 1 to retreat
  2. 2 to decline
  3. 3 to move back
  4. 4 to withdraw
tuì chū
  1. 1 to withdraw
  2. 2 to abort
  3. 3 to quit
  4. 4 to log out (computing)
dào tuì
  1. 1 to fall back
  2. 2 to go in reverse
bīng
  1. 1 see 屏營|屏营[bīng yíng]
píng bì
  1. 1 to screen
  2. 2 to block (sth or sb)
  3. 3 to shield
  4. 4 (protective) shield
píng zhàng
  1. 1 barrier
hòu tuì
  1. 1 to recoil
  2. 2 to draw back
  3. 3 to fall back
  4. 4 to retreat
chè tuì
  1. 1 to retreat
zǎo tuì
  1. 1 to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time)
  2. 2 to retire early (from one's job)
xiāo tuì
  1. 1 to wane
  2. 2 to vanish gradually
jiǎn tuì
  1. 1 to ebb
  2. 2 to go down
  3. 3 to decline
yíng píng
  1. 1 fluorescent screen
  2. 2 TV screen
shuāi tuì
  1. 1 to decline
  2. 2 to fall
  3. 3 to drop
  4. 4 to falter
  5. 5 a decline
  6. 6 recession (in economics)
shì píng
  1. 1 screen (of a TV, computer etc)
chù píng
  1. 1 touchscreen
chù mō píng
  1. 1 touchscreen
tuì xià
  1. 1 to retire
  2. 2 to withdraw
  3. 3 to retreat
  4. 4 to step down
tuì wǔ
  1. 1 to be discharged from military service

Idioms (16)

不知进退
bù zhī jìn tuì
  1. 1 not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety
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
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
进退自如
jìn tuì zì rú
  1. 1 free to come and go (idiom)
  2. 2 to have room to maneuver

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