退烧 (退燒)
tuì shāo
Pinyin

Definition

退烧 (退燒)
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tuì shāo
  1. to reduce fever

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
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

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

Sample Sentences

就知道忙忙忙！你看人家电影里男人是怎么照顾女人的？煮了粥要吹吹，打吊瓶怕药水凉下面要垫热水袋。实在不能退烧的话，自己躺到雪地里冻凉了再帮女主角降温。
jiù zhīdào máng máng máng ！nǐ kàn rénjiā diànyǐng lǐ nánrén shì zěnme zhàogu nǚrén de ？zhǔ le zhōu yào chuīchui ，dǎdiàopíng pà yàoshuǐ liáng xiàmian yào diàn rèshuǐdài 。shízài bùnéng tuìshāo dehuà ，zìjǐ tǎng dào xuědì lǐ dòng liáng le zài bāng nǚ zhǔjué jiàngwēn 。
All you know is work, work, work! Have you seen how men in the movies take care of women? They blow on the hot porridge to cool it. They use hot water bottles to warm up their girlfriend's IV drips. If the girl's fever really won't go down, they'll lie in the snow to chill themselves, then use their bodies to help lower the female lead's body temperature.
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