退让 (退讓)
tuì ràng
Pinyin
Definition
退让 (退讓)
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- to move aside
- to get out of the way
- to back down
- to concede
Character Decomposition
Idioms (16)
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
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
临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网
- 1 better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)
- 2 one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
临阵退缩
- 1 to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom)
- 2 to get cold feet
Sample Sentences
说得没错,另外,80后独生子女大都自私傲娇,心智不够成熟,在婚姻生活里大多也不懂得退让不会用心经营,从某种程度上也造成如今社会的高出轨率。
You're right there. As well as that, the only children born in the 1980s are mostly all selfish and arrogant, and aren't very mature. They mostly don't understand how to back down in their married lives and don't make concerted efforts to make their marriages work. In a certain sense, this has also led to the high rate of cheating in today's society.
可不是嘛,不要拿别人的错误惩罚自己,谦逊不是无原则的退让而是有风度地坚持底线,宝贝你最棒了!
That's right. Don't punish yourself for other people's mistakes. Modesty is not just yielding to others without any principle, but rather it is insisting on a base line. You're really the best, baby!