消退
xiāo tuì
Pinyin
Definition
消退
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- to wane
- to vanish gradually
Character Decomposition
Idioms (19)
不知进退
- 1 not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety
打退堂鼓
- 1 lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
- 2 fig. to give up
- 3 to turn tail
消愁解闷
- 1 lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom
- 2 to dispel depression or melancholy
- 3 to relieve stress
- 4 a relaxing pass-time
无福消受
- 1 unfortunately cannot enjoy (idiom)
知难而退
- 1 to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back out of an awkward situation
- 2 to get out on finding out what it's really like