消退
xiāo tuì
Pinyin

Definition

消退
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xiāo tuì
  1. to wane
  2. to vanish gradually

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

qǔ xiāo
  1. 1 to cancel
  2. 2 cancellation
xiāo shī
  1. 1 to disappear
  2. 2 to fade away
xiāo xi
  1. 1 news
  2. 2 information
  3. 3 classifier: 条 tiáo
xiāo fèi
  1. 1 to consume
  2. 2 to spend
tuì
  1. 1 to retreat
  2. 2 to decline
  3. 3 to move back
  4. 4 to withdraw

Idioms (19)

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
消愁解闷
xiāo chóu jiě mèn
  1. 1 lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom
  2. 2 to dispel depression or melancholy
  3. 3 to relieve stress
  4. 4 a relaxing pass-time
无福消受
wú fú xiāo shòu
  1. 1 unfortunately cannot enjoy (idiom)
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